Nature Notes (#534)-Thursday and Friday’s Partial Lunar Eclipse Was the Longest in 580 Years

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Rarely a week goes by where I have not been out in the yard, filling my bird feeders and birdbaths and then inside reading a good book. My husband has been taking care of the yard for me. I was more ill than I realized and it will take some time now to recover and get outside and do regular things. And no, I haven’t been out but my doctor reminded me that there is another person in this house who is out every single day and could have brought a virus back. Thankfully not COVID. Thank you for your patience and stay well.
 
There was a partial lunar eclipse on Friday but we were socked in with bad weather but I have a photo from 3015 when it was a clear night sky. Not a good photo as I didn’t get my tripod out.

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Thursday and Friday’s Partial Lunar Eclipse Was the Longest in 580 Years

“Thursday And Friday’S Partial Lunar Eclipse Was The Longest In 580 Years”. Nytimes.Com, 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/science/lunar-eclipse-full-moon-tonight.html. Accessed 23 Nov 2021.

A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth passes between the moon and the sun. The atmosphere acts as a filter on the sunlight, so the shadow that our planet casts on the moon resembles something like the light seen at sunset.

This eclipse was unusual because of its length; from start to finish, it lasted more than six hours. Other recent lunar eclipses have transpired more quickly because the moon was closer to Earth in its orbit. But the moon’s orbit is elliptical, and currently, it is near its maximum distance from us, so it took longer to pass through Earth’s shadow. The last partial eclipse of this duration occurred in the 1440s.

Another eclipse of this length won’t come around for many years, but there will be others to enjoy. A total lunar eclipse, visible to viewers on the East Coast, will occur on May 15
 

9 thoughts on “Nature Notes (#534)-Thursday and Friday’s Partial Lunar Eclipse Was the Longest in 580 Years”

  1. Hi Michelle — Feel better soon!!! I was worried about you yesterday and have been thinking of you ever since. Thank you for hosting this party always, but especially now when you are feeling lousy. That was good and succinct information about the partial lunar eclipse … I was sort of ashamed to post my non-eclipse moon shot this week, but at least we *:saw* the moon, which is much easier to do here.

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