Saturday, November 13, 2021

November 2021 partial lunar eclipse longest for 1,000 years


See the article for the time at your location.

 

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/partial-lunar-eclipse-longest-1000-years/

 

November 11, 2021


The November 19, 2021, partial lunar eclipse – which is best overnight on November 18 for North America – will be the longest such event within a stretch of 1,000 years. The last partial lunar eclipse that stretched longer happened on February 18, 1440. The next time Earth will see a partial lunar eclipse as lengthy as this month’s will be on February 8, 2669. Why is it so long? As you might have guessed, the ordinary movements of worlds in space play a role.


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