This August, the first lunar eclipse of the year will be followed by a partial solar eclipse on September 9. This is one of the most interesting and beautiful events we have to witness in the history of our solar system. This one is going to take you back to the beginning of time, so it is going to be unforgettable.
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center announced this year’s solar eclipse will be the most massive in its history. The partial eclipse will be visible for about three minutes from dusk to dawn. The total eclipse will be visible for about nine minutes from dusk to dawn. No one has quite figured out what the difference is between the two, but this is a big one.
If you like to know just how big the total solar eclipse is, you can find the official NASA eclipse map here.
The total eclipse will be visible from some parts of the continental United States, South Dakota, Tennessee, and parts of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Delaware, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii.
This is the longest total solar eclipse yet, with a duration of 4 minutes and 40 seconds. What I can’t get enough of is that eclipse is going to be followed by a total lunar eclipse. You know, that “oh shit, now I’m seeing double” eye-stuff? At least it’s going to be on my laptop, which means I can watch the eclipse on YouTube.
As the moon passes through the earth’s shadow, the earth’s surface is actually absorbing the moonlight. As the Earth passes through the Moon, the Earth’s surface is actually reflecting the moonlight. That’s why we get double the moon’s share of the eclipse, plus we get a better view of the eclipse. The two are really the same thing in the lunar eclipse, so the eclipse is the same in both cases. No, we didn’t get a better view of the eclipse.
The moon, of course, is the same thing as the sun, and the two are the same thing in the lunar eclipse, but there is a big difference between the two. The moon is a much smaller body than the sun. That means that the moon receives fewer sunlight than the sun, which means that it receives less light, making it a shorter, easier to see whole eclipse. In the end, this also translates into less bright light, which makes it easier to see the eclipse.
The moon is also a much smaller body than the sun. This also means that it is very easy to capture a picture of the eclipse and send it to one of our friends who lives in another part of the world. That friend might then email it to our friend, and that friend will then be able to send us a link to it.
This is the perfect science fiction film for a moment of reflection, because the lunar eclipse is so dramatic and yet so ephemeral. We don’t really know what to expect from this one, but as the eclipse draws near, we should try to think about what we might have missed.
The moon is so tiny, and its tiny phase and the fact that its always in our sky at the same time can make it hard to see it. Even if it is in the sky, its so faint that we won’t be able to see it. Its also so short that we dont think we can capture a good pic of it.