The page of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) explains that The Moon will pass through the interior of the shadow of the earth and will look red on Thursday night March 13 and early Friday, March 14.
But, why this phenomenon happens in heaven and what is a lunar eclipse. It occurs when the sun, the earth and the moon are aligned so that the moon passes inside the shadow of the earth.
In a total lunar eclipse, the whole moon passes within the darkest part of the shadow of the earth, called Umbra. Guatemala and different countries in Latin America will look complete, from the beginning to the end, says Edgar Castro, director of the Basic Astronomy and Astrophysics Diploma career of the Galileo University.
“This eclipse is the best observation that we will have in 2025 “, Add Castro. It will begin on Thursday, March 13 at 9:57 p.m.
At 23.09 the Moon will be displayed as it will begin to ask for its shape. The beginning of the totality will be at 00.25 on Friday, March 14 and the maximum eclipse time will be at 00.58 hours. The end will be at 4 in the morning.
If it is cloudy and raining it may not be seen. March is not a rainy month so the probability that is seen is high.
When the moon is inside the umbra, it looks like an orange red color. Lunar eclipses are sometimes known as “blood moons” due to this phenomenon.
The more pollution the planet looks darker and on the contrary the red of the moon will be clearer.
NASA adds that the same phenomenon that makes our sky blue and our red sunsets causes the moon to become reddish orange during a lunar eclipse.
The sunlight looks white, but in reality it contains a rainbow of components, and the different colors of light have different physical properties. The blue light disperses with relative ease as it passes through the Earth’s atmosphere. The reddish light, on the other hand, travels more directly through the air.
“During a lunar eclipse, the moon looks red or orange because all the sunlight that is not blocked by our planet is filtered by a thick portion of the atmosphere of the earth on its path to the lunar surface. It is as if all the Daws and sunsets of the world will screened on the moon, “describes the NASA page.
There is usually a total moon eclipse every yearbut they are not visible worldwide. The last visible in Guatemala was in May 2022.
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The total moon eclipse is harmless, unlike sun eclipses that require protection although the use of binoculars or a telescope will allow you to see it better. So it will be visible from anywhere in Guatemala.
A dark environment away from bright lights offers the best visualization conditions, says NASA
Live broadcast
The Earth and Astronomy Science Research Institute From the Galileo University and the International Astronomical Union they also reported that the total moon eclipse night will have an open zoom link starting at 10 pm on March 13, local time of Guatemala, until the end of the Mimso.
Also sites such as NASA regularly transmit the event. We will expand these details at the time.