First total lunar eclipse of 2014
Parts of the world saw a rare celestial event on Tuesday when the Earth's shadow fell across the moon, turning it orange.- Tuesday's eclipse will be the last full lunar eclipse visible from the United States until 2019, NASA said.
- Eclipses occur two or three times per year when the sun, Earth and the full moon line up so that the moon passes through Earth's shadow.
- The celestial show was over by over by 5:30 a.m. EDT, NASA said on Twitter.
- Precise coloring depends primarily on the amount of volcanic ash and other aerosols floating in the atmosphere, SpaceWeather.com reports.
- In the Pacific Northwest city of Seattle the skies were equally overcast. The eclipse also was visible from Australia, New Zealand and all of the Americas.
- ISRO has aimed to launch the satellite into a sub Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (sub GTO) with a 284 km perigee (nearest point to Earth) and 20,650 km apogee (farthest point to Earth) with an inclination of 17.86 degree with respect to the
- A small crowd of stargazers who gathered on a roadside north of Los Angeles saw a sliver of still-illuminated moon and a reddish shadow cast across the lunar orb.
- Depending on local weather conditions, the eclipse was visible across a swath of the United States. Viewers from Florida to California and beyond went to viewing parties and social media and other websites to gawk and share photos of the so-called "
- A little more than an hour later, the moon could be seen eclipsed and bathed in an orange, red or brown glow.
- The lunar eclipse unfolded over three hours beginning at about 2 a.m. EDT, when the moon began moving into Earth's shadow.
Parts of the world saw a rare celestial event on Tuesday when the Earth's shadow fell across the moon, turning it orange.
First total lunar eclipse of 2014
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