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ECLIPSE

As we know, on thursday 16 June yesterday , there was a lunar eclipse at 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm

Here I will explain / discuss about the lunar eclipse. As we know, the earth circle the sun and moon circle the earth.

When the earth is directly between the sun and the moon, Earth's shadow falls on the moon and lunar eclipse occurs. In other words, a lunar eclipse occurs when the moon is in opposition with the sun.

The region of the Earth's shadow in a solar eclipse is divided into three parts:

§ The umbra, in which the moon completely covers the sun (more precisely, its photosphere)

§ The antumbra, extending beyond the tip of the umbra, in which the moon is completely in front of the sun but too small to completely cover it

§ The penumbra, in which the moon is only partially in front of the sun

Actually, the lunar eclipse events, often months can still be seen. This is because there still exists the sunlight that is deflected towards the moon by the earth's atmosphere, and most of these have the deflected beam of red light spectrum. That is why at the time of lunar eclipse, the moon will appear dark, orange or brown. Lunar eclipse can be observed with the naked eye and it is not dangerous at all.

As for the types of eclipse that is divided into three types, namely:

A. Total lunar eclipse

In this eclipse the moon will be right in the region of umbra

B. Partial eclipse

At this eclipse, not all parts of the moon blocked the sun by the earth. While most of the other surface of the moon are in the area penumbra. So there is still a part of sunlight up to the surface of the moon.

C. Penumbral

when the Moon crosses only the Earth's penumbra.

In Indonesia, the phenomenon of lunar eclipses is always associated with the myths that exist in that region, such as a major disaster will occur or the eclipse of the moon sign of a natural disaster or something bad. In fact, space experts / scientists themselves said that the phenomenon of a lunar eclipse would only affect the tides.