Jakarta –
Total lunar eclipse the second and last in 2022 will happen soon. Indonesia can see the phenomenon of the total lunar eclipse on November 8, 2022. Check the program and the list of regions.
Quoted from the National Agency for Research and Innovation (BRIN) Aeronautical and Space Research Organization (ORPA) website, a total lunar eclipse is an astronomical phenomenon when the entire surface of the Moon enters the Earth’s central shadow (shadow). This is due to the configuration between the Moon, the Earth and the Sun which form a straight line.
“A total lunar eclipse occurs during the full moon phase, however, not all phases of the full moon can experience a lunar eclipse,” said Andi Pangerang, researcher with ORPA BRIN.
“This is because the Moon’s orbit is tilted 5.1 ° with respect to the ecliptic and the time it takes for the Moon to return to the same node is 2.2 days shorter than the time it takes for the Moon to configure the Earth and the Sun in rectilinear way So, the moon is not always in the ecliptic plane when it is full, “he explained.
He added, the width of the total lunar eclipse this time was 1.3589 with a distance of 0.2570 from the center of the shadow to the center of the Moon. This eclipse is the twentieth of the 72 eclipses in the Saros 136 series (1680-2960).
The total lunar eclipse of November 8, 2022 can be seen live in Indonesia. The regions that can see this eclipse since the beginning of the penumbra are Papua, West Papua, Halmahera, Central Seram, Eastern Seram, Kai Islands, Tanimbar and Aru.
People of Ternate, Tidore, Bacan Islands, Sula, West Seram, Ambon, Southwest Maluku, Sulawesi, Bali, NTB, NTT, North Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, parts of Central Kalimantan, parts of West Kalimantan, Sumenep, Situbondo and Banyuwangi can see this eclipse from initial contact until the end of the penumbra.
Meanwhile, throughout Java, parts of Central Kalimantan, parts of West Kalimantan, Riau, Riau Islands, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung, Jambi, Bengkulu, and Lampung can all see the eclipse from initial total contact to the end of the penumbra. So in the regions of Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, and North Bengkulu, you can witness the eclipse from the contact peak to the final twilight.
Here are the details on the timetable:
Contact Eclipse
Time: 02/15/17 WIB
Observable area: all of Indonesia
Beginning of the Twilight (P1)
Time: 16.02.17 WITA / 17.02.17 WIT / 16.09.12 WITA
Observable region: not observable
Partial start (U1)
Time: 17.09.12 WITA / 18.09.12 WIT / 17.16.39 WITA /
Observable areas: Papua, West Papua, Seram Island, Halmahera Island, Kep. Aru, Kep. Kai, Kep. Tanimbar
Opening total (U2)
Time: 18.16.39 WITA / 19.16.39 WIT / 18.00.22 WIB
Observable areas: Papua, West Papua, Maluku, North Maluku, Sulawesi NTT, NTB, Bali, Kaltara, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, Kapuas Hulu
Peak Eclipse
Time: 19.00.22 WITA / 20.00.22 WIT / 18.41.37 WITA /
Observable areas: all of Indonesia except Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Bengkulu
Final total (U3)
Time: 19.41.37 WITA / 20.41.37 WIB / 19.49.03 WIB
Observable area: all of Indonesia
Partial end (U4)
Time: 20.49.03 WITA / 21.49.03 WIT / 20.56.08 WITA
Observable area: all of Indonesia
End of Twilight (P4)
Time: 21.56.08 WITA / 22.56.08 WIT / 20.57.43
Observable area: all of Indonesia.
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