Total lunar eclipse on November 8 visible in the Philippines, says Pagasa

The eclipse contacts of what to observe during the total lunar eclipse on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, as seen from Manila, Philippines. Photo from Pagasa

MANILA, Philippines — On November 8, there will be a total lunar eclipse and it will be visible in the Philippines, state meteorologists said Wednesday.

According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), the astronomical phenomenon is forecast to start (moonrise) at 5:19 p.m. and end at 9:58 p.m. on Tuesday.

“On 08 November in Manila, the eclipse will begin at 05:19 PM (moonrise), with the totality of the eclipse beginning at 06:16 PM. Greatest eclipse (maximum) or the peak stage of the eclipse at 06:59 PM. The Moon will remain in totality until 07:42 PM. It will then go into a partial eclipse until 08:49 PM and comes to an end at 09:58 PM,” the state weather bureau said.

Aside from the Philippines, the total lunar eclipse will also be visible in other countries in Asia, Australia, North America, parts of Northern and Eastern Europe, and most of South America, Pagasa noted.

The Pagasa Astronomical Observatory will live stream the event via its official Facebook and Youtube channel.

NASA says “[a] total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon and the Sun are on exact opposite sides of Earth.” It also says that “[a]lthough the Moon is in Earth’s shadow, some sunlight reaches the Moon. The sunlight passes through Earth’s atmosphere, which filters out most of the blue light, [making] the Moon appear red to people on Earth.”

In November 2021, a partial lunar eclipse took place, but it wasn’t easy to observe in the Philippines because most of the major eclipse phases had occurred below the horizon.

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