Lunar Eclipse in Sicily

Another amazing reason we love being in Italy, the Lunar Eclipse was amazing!

The July full moon eclipse, as scientists explained, is due to the bending of sunlight from
 the atmosphere of Earth and reflecting off the surface of our satellite. Though most of
the light gets blocked by our planet, some passes through outer atmosphere. Shorter
wavelength light (such as blue and green) is scattered in the atmosphere, but red, which is
a longer wavelength light, passes and falls on the moon, making it appear as a dark
reddish disk. Astronomers have revealed that this lunar eclipse will be the longest to take
place this century.

• The total eclipse will last for one hour and 43 minutes, with the moon remaining entirely in shadow for the full 103 minutes. 

• That is nearly 40 minutes longer than the Super Blue Blood Moon in January.

• The July 2018 full moon presents the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century on the night of July 27-28, 2018, lasting for a whopping one hour and 43 minutes.

• “So, from start to finish, the moon takes nearly four hours to cross the Earth’s dark umbral shadow.”

• This total eclipse will last for so long as the moon is at its furthest possible point from the earth, making it take longer to pass through the earth’s shadow than usual.

• Those living in parts of Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America will get to see the Blood Moon.

·      Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse

·      Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Sicily

·      Began: Fri, 27 Jul 2018, 20:08

·      Maximum: Fri, 27 Jul 2018, 22:21 1.61 Magnitude

·      Ended: Sat, 28 Jul 2018, 01:28

·      Duration: 5 hours, 20 minutes

View from our back deck with my iPhone!

Absolutely amazing to watch this phenomenon.