Jakarta –
Total lunar eclipse it will happen in Indonesia on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 tomorrow. Make sure the area you live in is overtaken by the eclipse with an accurate schedule.
According to the Aeronautics and Space Research Organization (ORPA), the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRINA total lunar eclipse is an astronomical phenomenon when the entire surface of the Moon enters the central shadow of the Earth (shadow). This is due to the configuration between the Moon, the Earth and the Sun which form a straight line.
This will be the second and last total lunar eclipse in 2022. ORPA researcher BRIN Andi Pangerang said that a total lunar eclipse must occur in the full moon phase. However, not all full moons experience a lunar eclipse.
“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.
Adds, width lunar eclipse the total this time is 1.3589 with the distance from the center of the shadow to the center of the Moon being 0.2570. 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 the eclipse from the initial 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
Watch the video: Facts about the total lunar eclipse of November 8, 2022
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