Total lunar eclipse today
DOHA: Stargazers in Qatar will witness a total lunar eclipse tonight offering an amazing spectacle lasting at least 100 minutes of totality. Total lunar eclipses occur when the Earth passes directly between the Sun and the Moon, casting a deep shadow, through which the moon then travels.
When an eclipse of the Moon takes place, everyone on the night side of the Earth can see it.
The eclipse will begin at around 9:23pm (local time) partially and move to a total phase at 10:22pm, according to NASA’s eclipse predictions. The total phase will end at 00:03 while the partial stage will come to an end at 1:02am. The total eclipse will be at its peak at 11:13pm.
In the totality phase of the eclipse, the moon will appear to darken and turn a deep red before eventually returning to normal. This is because of the filtering and refracting effect of light in the Earth’s atmosphere, without which the Moon would appear completely dark during a total eclipse. The Moon takes on a range of colours from dark brown and red to bright orange and yellow in this period.
The exact appearance depends on how much dust and clouds are present in the Earth’s atmosphere. Total eclipses tend to be very dark after major volcanic eruptions since these events dump large amounts of volcanic ash into the Earth’s atmosphere.
The total lunar eclipse will be seen from the eastern half of Africa, the Middle East, central Asia and Western Australia. While, Europe will miss the initial stages of the eclipse, east Asia, eastern Australia, and New Zealand will miss the last stages, though the total phase will be seen from most of these regions.
The second total lunar eclipse this year will occur on December 10, though Qatar will not be able to see the initial phases. The last total lunar eclipse which Qatar witnessed was on February 21, 2008.
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Thanks for sharing the info. Ajnas!
Thank you whaiQL for sharing the link!!
britexpat -
Now dont tell me that they are jumping on all those expensive cars parked out there or is it something more serious
Yes it does.. You should see the state of the Ramada car park.. :o(
Well the dogs out here seem to be more then excited tonite and have been making all this funny noises and jumping about all through the eclipse. Just wondering if this eclipse has any effect on them too.
No one helps when in need :(, ok, i had to go out for a look and here is the snap for those who are lazier than me.
Thanks for the reminder. Its happening now and the view is so very clear from my gallery
Can somebody post a snap with max zoom, I am too lazy to go out for a look.;)
10:23 pm (local time). Really cool!
it started already. its nice to see. it occurs only once a year .
just looked at it, very cool!
Watch live at http://eclipse.slooh.com/ or directly to the sky :)