BMKG Tanjungpinang: Lunar Eclipse Has No Impact On Weather

A fiber ship crosses the waters of Tanjungpinang City, Riau Islands, in the light of the moon ahead of sunset, Sunday (7/9/2025). ANTARA/Ogen

TANJUNGPINANG - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) of Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands Province (Kepri) ensures that the lunar eclipse does not have an impact on weather, let alone earthquakes.

"The lunar eclipse is just an atmospheric phenomenon," said Head of BMKG Tanjungpinang Ahmad Kosasih when contacted from Tanjungpinang, Antara, Sunday, September 7 evening.

However, he said, the total lunar eclipse has the potential to affect the wave height and sea level.

Currently, the wave height in the waters of Tanjungpinang and Bintan is relatively safe, namely in the low to moderate category.

Kosasih then explained that the lunar eclipse occurred because the position of the earth was in the middle between the sun and the moon in a parallel line.

His party also observed the total lunar eclipse using a telescope camera at the BMKG office at Raja Haji Fisabilillah Airport Station (RHF) Tanjungpinang, Sunday night.

From the results of observations so far, continued Kosasih, the weather conditions in Tanjungpinang's sky are thick cloudy so that the image of the moon caught on camera is slightly blurry by the clouds.

"The eclipse can be seen with the naked and safe eye, as long as it is not covered with clouds or it rains," he said.

Kosasih added that the process of the first phase of the lunar eclipse or penumbra began at 22:26 WIB.

Then, the peak of the total lunar eclipse at 01:56 WIB in the morning, Monday (8/9), for the western region of Indonesia. Meanwhile, the final phase of the lunar eclipse is at 03:56 WIB.

"The phase of the early to late lunar eclipse lasts about five hours," he said.