Total Lunar Eclipse - May 16/22

[GordMay]

Sunday's total lunar eclipse will be visible from Europe and the Americas [and On-Line*].

Sunday's eclipse begins late Sunday evening, and lasts until early Monday morning [about 5-1/2 hours]. Totality will last about 85 minutes.

Initially, it will appear as though something has taken a little bite out of the moon. This is the partial phase of the eclipse. As the night progresses, however, that "bite" becomes larger and larger. Then, as it enters totality, most of the moon may appear a faint reddish colour as Earth's atmosphere scatters the light from the sun, which will lie directly behind it. Light with longer wavelengths [such as orange and red] refract, around the Earth, where it eventually reaches the moon.

Lunar eclipses occur when the moon passes through Earth's shadow.

The moon actually has two shadows: One is the penumbra [Earth's fainter outer shadow] but it's almost imperceptible to the human eye. The most exciting and dramatic part, however, is when the moon glides across Earth's inner, darker shadow, the umbra.
During this time, depending on the atmosphere, the moon can appear to turn a shade of red, which is why sometimes total lunar eclipses are referred to as "blood moons."

This eclipse also occurs close to when the moon is at perigee, or closest in its monthly orbit, which is why this is sometimes called a "supermoon" lunar eclipse (though it's difficult for humans to notice the slight size difference).

Total Supermoon Eclipse: Sunday, 16 May 2022, starting at 02:15 UTC
The 16 May 2022 Full Moon will be both a “Supermoon” (the first of the year, so one of the largest largest Full Moons of 2022), and a “Blood Moon”.
* View online ➥ https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/2022...ational-event/

[Quadrille in JB]

Thanks for the great info