The moon attracts always the attention. Whether it’s the Fascination of the first moon landing in 1969, the observation of the earth, the visible pattern on the surface of the moon or the spectacular landing of a Chinese spacecraft on the far moon side at the beginning of January – the moon has fascinated as immediately accessible neighbor. He is the only celestial body that humans have ever entered.
On the very early Monday morning, an event will now be back to the moon to the center of the attention, triggered in the summer of last year, great euphoria: at around 4.30, one can observe a so-called “blood moon”. But why the “blood moon” and what is it actually?
First of all, On the concept, not all are happy, working with celestial bodies. “We actually have pain during expression ,blood moon,'” says the Director of the planetarium am Insulaner in Berlin-Schöneberg, Monika Staesche. “This is an esoteric expression that we use reluctantly, because he brings forward a very nice sky event in a light that people get scared.” Under the end-time fanatics, the expression would be seen as a sign of the imminent end of the world, reported Staesche. In the case of an event that occurs once or twice a year, seem of-the-world fantasies although unnecessary – but perhaps the world has had up until now, just insane luck? For the first time the term was used in 2008, by a pastor from the USA. He, too, was from the then for 2014 and 2015, the forthcoming four total lunar eclipses to the end of the world.
the thing is much less dramatic and scientifically explainable. “Blood moon” is the term for a total lunar Eclipse. This can only take place when the moon is full – but not every time there is a “blood moon”. For the sun, earth and moon must lie exactly on a line. Then the moon moves through the shadow of the earth. This is at this moment completely between the moon and the sun. In spite of this complete darkness, the moon is not dark and disappears, but red starts to glow. “That only happens in the Moment in which the moon is completely in the shadow of the earth”, i.e. in the so-called core shadow of the earth is, so Staesche. The sun light is refracted by the earth’s atmosphere. The short-wave blue Light components are scattered and quasi-filtered out. So you can’t reach the moon – only the red components reach him and illuminate him. to see
the red moon, should you are on the right ground side
to be able to the event to see, however, on the right, the sun on the opposite side of the earth, – so it should be night. “It depends on the weather of course, but you can see it, theoretically, anywhere in Europe,” explains Staesche. You just need a clear view to the West.
After the longest lunar Eclipse of the century in July last year, when the “blood moon” was seen over Germany, 103 minutes, moon-Fans make do this year with a little less time. At 4.30 PM, the moon moves into the shadow of the earth. “He looks like he would be from the side, nibbled,” explains Staesche. “5.40 PM he is in the totality” – then he is completely in the core shadow and becomes the “blood moon”. About 60 minutes will take the total lunar Eclipse. Shortly before eight, the event is over – then, when the moon is in the Umbral shadow of the earth.
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turns seeing Who the event would not oversleep on Monday. A total lunar Eclipse with “blood moon” is only for new year’s eve 2028, and 21. on the 22. December 2029 announced. Although it is the event that is described as a “blood moon” once or twice a year – however, it is not always on the right ground side to see it. In Berlin, the spectacle, for example, the Observatory on the Islander or, in the Archenhold Observatory in Treptow. Both are open on Monday from 4 to 7.30 PM. “Who wants to watch before going to work so, little moon, you can come over,” says Monika Staesche.
