A total lunar eclipse occurs at night from Sunday to Monday. The moon will rise at 04:27. Earth’s shadow begins to enter, its peak phase being 5:28 am. estimates, but the peak of the eclipse will be around 6:11 am. happened, when the moon was setting in Paris. So if France doesn’t take full advantage of the opportunity, Philippe Henarejos, editor-in-chief of Ciel . magazine & Space, look forward to franceinfo on sunday”take good photos“thank you for this month in”near the horizon“.
franceinfo: Where are you going to observe this total lunar eclipse that we won’t see optimally in France?
Philippe Henarejos I will climb the rocky ridge of the Corbières massif so that the moon is flush with the West/Southwest horizon, above the Pyrenees chain. So, we will not be able to see the entire eclipse phase from France, but starting at 04.30 WIB. we will begin to see all partial phases until 5:29, at which point we will be completely in Earth’s shadow, but still above the horizon. We will be able to try to have the landscape element at the same time as the moon to take a good photo. There may even be a point of interest in Paris or elsewhere in France with perhaps the Eiffel Tower or another monument in the foreground. We invite everyone to share their photos on social networks by mentioning Ciel & Espace magazine.
Should precautions be taken with special glasses?
No, because unlike a solar eclipse, there is no harm to the eyes. No risk of burning your eyes. The moon reflects the sun’s light and there it will reflect it much less as it will gradually enter the Earth’s shadow. It will take on this copper color because only some of the sun’s red rays will hit it, being deflected by Earth’s atmosphere. This is an aesthetic phenomenon to behold!
Is eclipse useful for making observations that cannot be made at other times?
There are some, but there are some! For example, there are two observatories in the world, including one in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, which has telescopes with lasers sent to the moon. In the 1970s, Apollo mission astronauts placed reflectors on the lunar surface to reflect these laser beams and measure the exact distance between Earth and the Moon to the nearest centimeter. It is possible that the brightness will be much weaker and the laser reflection will suddenly look better. The advantage of this calculation is to measure the long-term evolution of the moon’s orbit relative to Earth.
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