The shortest in the last century a total lunar eclipse will be able to observe the inhabitants of the Earth on April 4. As reported by NASA, celestial event will begin at 06:16 Eastern Time (13:16 MSK) and will last about 5 minutes.
The eclipse will be clearly visible to residents of America, and in Asia, India, western China and in Russia in the lower part of the sky after sunset can be seen the final phase of a lunar eclipse.
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth and Moon are on the same axis and natural satellite enters the shadow cast by the Earth. In this case, the moon becomes dark red color, because it reaches the sun’s rays tangent to the Earth’s surface and disperse in the atmosphere, which plays the role of a giant lens.
This is the third of four lunar eclipses, falling to short period from 15 April 2014 to 28 September this year.
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