A show for the curious, passionate, early risers, night owls or insomniacs!
During the night from Sunday to Monday, the Moon will see red, or rather, it is the Earthlings, at least some of them, who will see the star adorn itself with this unusual color.
The reason ?
A lunar eclipse: the Earth, by positioning itself in the axis between the Sun and the Moon, will deprive its satellite of the light emitted by the star.
For the first time since January 2019, the phenomenon will be total in metropolitan France, but only the first phase will be visible.
The entry into the penumbra of the Earth will occur at 3:32 a.m. Paris time on Monday.
At 4:27 a.m., the Moon will this time pass directly through the Earth's shadow cone.
The witnesses will then see it gradually being nibbled away.
The climax of the event will begin at 5:29 a.m., when the Moon will be totally eclipsed.
It will not be necessary to lose a crumb of it then since the eclipse coincides with the first light of day, sunrise being scheduled for 6:08 a.m. in Paris.
The Moon will also set shortly after 6 a.m.
In the West Indies and Guyana, the eclipse will be visible from beginning to end and will begin around 9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. respectively.
Even in eclipse, the Moon will still receive some light from the Sun which it will make us benefit from.
These will be rays deflected by the Earth's atmosphere which will give it precisely this red color characteristic of the phenomenon.