Awesome moon in offing! A lunar eclipse is set to dazzle today
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Today evening people across Australia and New Zealand will be treated to an awesome sight- total lunar eclipse.
Today evening people across Australia and New Zealand will be treated to a total lunar eclipse, weather permitting.It's an opportunity to not be missed, as the next one won't be visible from our region until 2025. A lunar eclipse happens when the Moon travels through Earth's shadow. If the Moon only partly makes it into the shadow, that's a partial eclipse.In a total eclipse, the Moon becomes fully immersed and takes on a reddish/orange glow.In today's eclipse the period of totality – when the Moon is fully immersed in shadow – will last a leisurely 85 minutes.The only light reaching the Moon's surface will first pass through Earth's atmosphere, which is why the Moon ...