In September, the Muscovites will see a lunar eclipse – Moskovsky Komsomolets

… and the people of Africa – Solar

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The most interesting astronomical phenomenon, waiting residents of Russia and other CIS countries in the near September, will be the penumbral eclipse of the Moon, which in the case of favorable weather conditions can be observed on 16 September. According to the Moscow Planetarium on the same day, the full moon falls.

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penumbral lunar eclipse means that the

only natural satellite of the planet falls into a region of space in which the Earth is only partially obscures the sun. The satellite will not fall in the shadow of the cone cast by the Earth, which does not get any sunlight so during the eclipse the moon will be only slightly darker than usual, and with the naked eye to see it would be quite difficult. However, if on September 17 on the night sky is clear, you will be able to watch the half-shadow of the moon eclipse 19:54 to 23:52 Moscow time.

1 September and there will be the second in this year’s solar eclipse but at the Moscow planetarium note that it – again, under favorable weather conditions – can be seen only by those who on this day will be in Africa or Madagascar. We are talking about an annular eclipse – this means that the moon is too far from Earth and fails to cover the sun completely, leaving around him bright “ring»

Among other astronomical events specialists call the convergence of the Moon with Mercury. . Venus and Jupiter on September 2

on September 22 will have the autumnal equinox in the Northern hemisphere and spring – in the South. On this day, all over the world, in addition to its polar regions, and day and night are almost equal in length (due to the optical characteristics of the Earth’s atmosphere light of the day in this day still lasts a little longer dark.