Total lunar eclipse to be visible in Qatar

The cosmic event will take place on September 27, when both a supermoon and a lunar eclipse will be happening at the same time. It hasn’t happened in 33 years, and it won’t occur again for another 18. Every color except red will be filtered out, resulting in the “blood moon” color we recognize during lunar eclipses. The stream will go live at 8 p.m. EDT and last until at least 11:30 p.m.

As the earth casts its shadows and the sun’s light hits all around its limb, the atmosphere glows red. Skies are expected to be partly cloudy when the lunar eclipse begins at 8:07pm.

You won’t need any special telescope or binoculars to see the eclipse.

The moon is going to look a whole lot different tonight, September 27.

Those set on getting an awesome shot of the so-called “blood moon” will have the best chance of doing so in northern and eastern Connecticut.

It has been more than 30 years since a supermoon combined with a lunar eclipse, according to Nasa. They occur when a full moon passes close to the earth during it’s orbit, which is not perfectly circular. Those in the Americas, Europe, Africa, western Asia and the eastern Pacific Ocean will be able to see.

“There’s no physical difference in the moon”, NASA’s deputy project scientist for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Noah Petro said in a feature released on the agency’s website. That means the fully eclipsed moon will just be rising as viewers on the west coast tune in. This event will show a total lunar eclipse covering the moon’s large appearance for over an hour. Supermoons appear up to 14 per cent larger than usual due to proximity.

The full eclipse of the moon will last more than an hour and be visible, weather permitting, starting at 10:11 p.m.