Indonesians Can Watch The Longest Lunar Eclipse In This Century, Check The Schedule!

Next week the sky will see an amazing astronomical phenomenon, namely, a partial lunar eclipse. (photo: Yu Kato / Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Next week the sky will see an amazing astronomical phenomenon, namely, a partial lunar eclipse. But this time the duration will be longer.

The NASA space agency claims that the partial lunar eclipse, which will take place between November 18 and 19, is the longest eclipse in this century, and the beautiful phenomenon will be seen in 50 countries, including Indonesia.

Compiled from the LAPAN website, Thursday, November 11, some parts of Indonesia will experience a partial lunar eclipse whose peak will occur at 16.02.56 WIB, 17.02.56 WITA or 18.02.56 WIT. The peak of the eclipse occurred a few minutes after the peak of the full moon phase which occurred at 15.57.30 WIB, 16.57.30 WITA, or 18.57.30 WIT.

The magnitude of this eclipse is 0.9785 or only 97.85 percent of the Moon's diameter is covered by Earth's umbral disk. The penumbral eclipse phase begins at 13.00.23 WIB, 14.00.23 WITA or 15.00.23 WIT, then the partial eclipse phase begins at 14.18.24 WIB, 15.18.24 WITA or 16.18.24 WIT.

The partial eclipse phase ended at 17.47.26 WIB, 18.47.26 WITA, or 19.47.26 WIT, while the penumbral eclipse phase ended at 19.05.31 WIB, 20.05.31 WITA or 21.05.31 WIT. The total duration of the partiality of the eclipse this time is 3 hours 29 minutes 2 seconds and the duration of the penumbrality of the eclipse is 6 hours 5 minutes 8 seconds.

Quoting Live Science, dubbed the Moon Micro Beaver, this phenomenon occurs when the Moon is at its furthest point from Earth, when Earth's shadow covers 97 percent of the full Moon, will be the longest throughout this century, beating the duration of the total lunar eclipse that occurred in 2018 and lasts. up to 1 hour 43 minutes.

According to the Holcomb Observatory at Butler University, Indiana, the upcoming eclipse will also be the longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years. Lunar eclipses usually occur when the Earth slides between the Moon and the Sun, so that the shadow of our planet eclipses or “falls” onto the Moon.

Shadows can block all, or in the case of most eclipses, the Sun's light and color the Moon a dark red and rust. The Moon's reddish color is due to light from the Sun, although it is directly blocked by the Earth's umbra.

Earth's atmosphere filters the shorter and bluer wavelengths of light, allowing the red and orange wavelengths to pass through. After these wavelengths of color pass through Earth's atmosphere, they continue their journey to the Moon, bathing it in a deep mahogany red glow.

Previously, this partial lunar eclipse had occurred in May 2021 and will occur again next week. You can watch it directly from a place that is not blocked by buildings or trees.