WORLD NEWS | First lunar eclipse of 2023 darkens full moon slightly

MELBOURNE, May 5 (AP) — Stargazers in Asia and Australia have the best seats for the first lunar eclipse of the year.

The four-hour eclipse occurred late Friday or early Saturday, depending on location, as the moon slipped into the edge of Earth’s shadow.

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In a so-called penumbral lunar eclipse, the full moon passes outside the Earth’s shadow, causing the moon to only slightly dim. Such a solar eclipse is not as dramatic as a partial or total lunar eclipse, when the Moon, Earth, and Sun are perfectly aligned.

Weather permitting, the eclipse will be visible from start to finish, as far west as Saudi Arabia and the west coast of Africa, east as far as Japan and the South Island of New Zealand, and from Antarctica to Siberia. Almost all of Europe is also involved.

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The Virtual Telescope Project plans to live-stream moonrise over the countryside of Tuscany, Italy.

“Even subtle astronomical events like this excite me and share them,” astrophysicist Gianluca Masi, the project’s founder, said in an email.

The next lunar eclipse in October will show even better results.

At least a partial partial lunar eclipse will be seen over the Americas and eastern America when part, but not all, of the Moon passes through Earth’s dark central shadow. Asia, Africa and Europe will be considered the entire show.

The western half of North and South America won’t have a front row seat to a total lunar eclipse until 2025. (Associated Press)

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