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| Image by Joel Tonyan |
On the evening of Sept. 27, the moon will once again become immersed in the Earth's shadow, resulting in a total lunar eclipse — the fourth such event in the last 17 months. As with all lunar eclipses, the region of visibility for Sunday's blood-moon lunar eclipse will encompass more than half of our planet. Nearly 1 billion people in the Western Hemisphere, nearly 1.5 billion throughout much of Europe and Africa and perhaps another 500 million in western Asia will be able to watch as the Harvest Full Moon becomes a shadow of its former self and morphs into a glowing coppery ball.
The lunar eclipse will also feature the "biggest" full moon (in apparent size) of 2015, since the moon will also be at perigee on the very same day ─ its closest point to the Earth ─ 221,753 miles (356,877 km) away.
Visibility Maps for the Supermoon Lunar Eclipse (Gallery)
Read more in-depth, scientific info about the blood moon lunar eclipse from Space.com
http://www.space.com/30607-supermoon-lunar-eclipse-time-place-guide.html
And EarthSky.org for times in your area.
http://earthsky.org/?p=51212
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Gerrie Ferris Finger
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