During the early morning of Friday, November 19, the full Moon will partially disappear as the Earth’s shadow covers it.
The early morning of next Friday, November 19, from Ecuador you can see the partial lunar eclipse, the last of the year, which is part of the astronomical events of the month of November.
The phenomenon will be visible over North America, South America, the Pacific Ocean, parts of Oceania and Asia, explains in a statement the engineer Edison Celi, from the Astronomical Observatory of Quito.
During the partial lunar eclipse, the Earth blocks the sunlight from reaching the natural satellite, which implies that during the early morning of Friday the 19th, the full Moon will partially disappear as the Earth’s shadow covers it. When the Earth is interposed between the Sun and the Moon it generates a cone of umbra and two cones of penumbra.
When to see it
The total duration of the eclipse will be 6 hours and 2 minutes. This astronomical phenomenon will begin at 01:02 (continental Ecuador time) in the early morning of Friday, November 19. The maximum of the eclipse It will happen at 04:03 in the morning, when the Moon is at an altitude of 27◦ above the horizon and the last penumbral contact (end of the eclipse) will take place at 07:04.
In an image generated by NASA, the regions in white are those in which the lunar eclipse can be observed, in light gray, the regions in which the eclipse can be seen during the rising or setting of the moon and in gray, the regions in which it will not be possible to observe this astronomical event.
According to the data provided by the Quito Astronomical Observatory, In the early morning of November 19 the Moon will be located in the constellation of Taurus, it will be in its full moon phase with a magnitude of -12.20. The approximate distance between the Moon and the center of the Earth will be 399 thousand kilometers (apogee).
How to observe it
The partial lunar eclipse can be seen with the naked eye, or also with the help of a basic telescope or binoculars.
Astronomers recommend observing from places free from light pollution, far from cities and populated centers. It should not be forgotten that observation will only be possible if weather conditions allow it, that is, if a clear sky can be counted on. (I)
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