There will be a Blood Moon Out This Evening In Indonesia

Rare lunar eclipse will take place from noon until late afternoon , 15 April 2014 . Namely total lunar eclipse or so-called " Blood Moon " . This lunar eclipse blood red because Mars is currently in a closest point to the earth .

For those of you who saw it , do not miss the natural phenomena . Total lunar eclipse will take place on Tuesday ( 04/15/2014 ) afternoon to evening , with long about 5 hours 43 minutes . Previous such eclipse appeared in 2003-2004 .

However, not all phases of the eclipse can be seen . Unfortunately eclipse can only be seen in Indonesian central and eastern parts alone . Residents in Central and Eastern Indonesia was only able to observe the final part of the process of the lunar eclipse .

" This eclipse can be observed from the Indonesian region except western Java , Borneo and the western part of Sumatra , " said Chief Andi Eka Sakya BMKG , as published by Reuters .

Space.com launch, the penumbral eclipse begins early contact on Tuesday afternoon around 11:54 pm . Then the initial contact will be achieved umbra at 12:58 pm .

Peak lunar eclipse ' blood ' is expected to total occurred on Tuesday afternoon , at around 14:47 pm with a long peak where the Moon had no exposure to sunlight which is about 38 minutes .

When the peak phase , the moon will be right in the umbra region , namely the core shadows that are very dark in the middle during a lunar eclipse .

Furthermore , the contact end of the lunar eclipse umbra ' blood ' total will begin on Tuesday afternoon at 16:33 pm and end contact penumbra at 17:37 pm .

Andi explained that a total lunar eclipse can also be observed from western Africa , western Europe and the Atlantic Ocean when the moon was setting . The whole process will eclipse can be observed from western South America and North America and eastern Pacific Ocean .

Process eclipse when the moon rises can be observed in the western Pacific Ocean , Australia and eastern Asia . However, the whole process can not be observed eclipse of the province of Asia , Africa and the eastern parts of eastern Europe .

According to the Vice- President of the Canadian Astronomical Society Colin Haig , a lunar eclipse ' blood ' total time will be very phenomenal . Differently than others . " It will be very important for us . Highly dramatic , " Colin said , as quoted by the CBC .

The eclipse is expected to occur 4 times during 2014 that a total lunar eclipse on April 15 , ring solar eclipse on April 29 , a total lunar eclipse on October 8 and partial solar eclipse on October 23, 2014 .