The evening From September 7, the second (and final) total lunar eclipse of the year will take place – emerging the striking view of a red “blood moon” in the sky through a large part of the world.

Occhur total lunar eclipses when the earth is positioned Bethaeen the full moon and the sun, the moon falling in the shadow of our planet. However, rather than disappearing in darkness, the shaded moon becomes rather red. This is due to a phenomenon called Rayleigh diffusion.

The visible sunlight, although it seems white, is actually made up of lights of different colors that have different wavelengths, and these Interact differently With the atmosphere of the earth during the passage through. During the lunar eclipse, shorter wavelengths of visible light, towards the blue end of the spectrum of vision, disperse towards the outside, far from the region in the shadow of the earth. But those who have longer wavelengths, towards the red part of the spectrum, are rather folded inward and sunk in the shaded region – and on the surface of the moon.

The first lunar eclipse of this year in March was better seen from the United States, but unfortunately, if you are in the Americas, you will fail to see The Blood Moon Live this time. Tea Tightness From the eclipse of this September – when the moon is with the shadow of the earth and the week of a deep red – will be visible through Asia, Central and Eastern Africa and Australia. These cards From Timeandda.com show where on the planet, the total eclipse can be seen.

The entire phase will start at 5.30 p.m. UTC on September 7, with the time of the maximum eclipse to come about 40 minutes later, at 6:11 pm UTC, and all ends 40 minutes later. Before and after all, the moon will be partially overshadowed, first becoming more then less shaded. Timeanddate.com Also has a city search tool, where you can enter your location to find the eclipse schedules for where you are.

If you are not in an observation zone but you always want to look live, the virtual telescope project – designed and coordinated by the Italian astrophysicist Gianluca Masi – tries to broadcast live from the eclipse and the blood moon on YouTube.

This total lunar eclipse will be occhur a little less than three days before the moon reaches the perigee, the point of what it is closest to the earth, which means that it is a slightly larger style than the average during the event.

After September 7, the next total lunar eclipse will not occur until in March 2026 – but fortunately for those of the United States, it will be visible In North America, Australia and East Asia.

This story initially looked at Cable Italy and was translated from the Italian.