Just after we've heard of the lunar eclipse visible in Northern Europe, which I mentioned earlier this year on my blog, there's word of another lunar eclipse coming up April 4th of 2015.
This will be classified astronomically as a total lunar eclipse, which means that the Earth will temporarily pass into the shadow of the moon and a portion of the world will be unable to see the Sun because of it.
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| Visibility of the upcoming eclipse, sourced from Sky and Telescope |
I've linked an image of the astronomical graphic, there will be complete visibility in the central Pacific, Alaska, Eastern Australia and Siberia, along with a number of island nations, and partial visibility over much of the continents of Asia, North America, and South America, where the Moon will either be "rising" or "setting" while occluding the path of the Sun's light to the Earth.
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