This is penumbral lunar eclipse
The moon’s brightness faded on Friday. It was a penumbral lunar eclipse. Due to which the color of the moon appeared slightly faded. During this eclipse, there was an eclipse on the moon, but the dark shadow was not visible. Due to which it was not easy to recognize the eclipse. This was the first lunar eclipse of this year, which was seen painted in the dim color of the shadow. , The duration of this eclipse was 4.17 hours. According to Indian time, this lunar eclipse in India started at 8:44 pm on May 5 and was freed from the shadow of the lunar eclipse at 1:01 midnight. Due to the eclipse, there was a slight decrease in the light of the moon. It is difficult to identify the penumbral eclipse. It doesn’t look like a normal eclipse. On the contrary, the black shadow on the moon is clearly visible in the full shadow eclipse. This eclipse will be visible in Asia, Europe, Africa, Indian Ocean, Pacific and Atlantic. The total duration of this eclipse was 4.17 hours. In a penumbral lunar eclipse, there is only a ten percent decrease in the light of the moon during the eclipse. Because of which the eclipse cannot be identified, whereas in a total shadow eclipse, the black shadow is clearly visible on the moon.
There are two types of lunar eclipse
There are two types of lunar eclipse. One umbra and the other penumbra. The black shadow of the eclipse is clearly visible on the moon in the umbra. But in the penumbra, the shadow of the earth falls on the moon, but it is not visible. In fact, due to the light falling on the surface of the moon from the other side, the shadow of the earth is reduced to a great extent. That’s why the light of the moon gets reduced a bit during the eclipse.
Source: Aries.
IMAGE: Photograph of the penumbral lunar eclipse from Nainital on Friday night by Bablu Chandra
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