Epress.am News from Armenia
The world will witness the longest total lunar eclipse today since 2000. Totality, the event where the Earth’s shadow completely covers the moon, will last for about an hour and 41 minutes.
The dramatic event will see the moon changing colors and turning blood red.
The lunar eclipse will be visible for residents of South America’s eastern area, Africa, Europe’s southern area, Middle East, Central Asia and India.
A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth lines up directly between the sun and the moon, blocking the sun’s rays and casting a shadow on the moon. As the moon moves deeper and deeper into Earth’s shadow, the moon changes colour before your very eyes, turning from gray to an orange or deep shade of red.
Unlike solar eclipses, lunar eclipses are perfectly safe to view without any special glasses or equipment.
