Total Lunar Eclipse 2022 to turn the Moon red next week; will it be visible in India? Here's all you need to know
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Total Lunar Eclipse 2022: Skygazers can see the moon take on a reddish tint next week.
New Delhi: Almost a year after the last total lunar eclipse, the sight of the moon sliding into the shadows of the Earth will again return and grace the sky. Skygazers can see the moon take on a reddish tint next week.
The Moon charts a course via the southern half of Earth`s shadow and is expected to ultimate for eighty-five minutes.
Viewers of most of North America, all of Latin America, Western Europe, most of Africa, and the East Pacific will see the Moon darken and acquire a reddish hue from the late evening of May 15 into the early hours of May 16.
Mid-eclipse will occur on May 16 at 4:12 Universal Time (around 9:42 AM IST), approximately 1 1/2 days earlier than the Moon reaches perigee, the point in its orbit when it`s closest to the Earth.
On eclipse night, the Moon will seem around 12 per cent larger than it does when it`s at apogee (farthest from Earth in its orbit). However, in all likelihood, the most committed Moon watchers will observe this.
