A total lunar eclipse is predicted for the evening of this year’s Loy Krathong festival, making it an extra-special event. This event, according to the National Institute of Astronomy, may be seen at 5 p.m. today from anyplace in the United States.
This year’s Loy Krathong complete lunar eclipse will occur tomorrow afternoon/evening, and the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) has released a comprehensive forecast for the event. The institute predicts that the eclipse will begin at 3:02 p.m. local time and last until 8:56 p.m. The moon won’t be visible until it climbs above the horizon in Thailand at 5:44 p.m., so Thais will have to wait until after dark to witness the occasion.
When the Sun, Earth, and Moon are in just the right position for the Earth’s shadow to fall directly on the Moon, a lunar eclipse occurs.
The moon will rise in Thailand during a total eclipse, giving the sky a reddish hue for approximately 57 minutes until the earth’s shadow begins to move away from the moon at 6:41 p.m. At 7:49 p.m., Thailand time, the moon will no longer be partially obscured by the earth, and at 8:56 p.m., it will be completely illuminated once again.
Northern and eastern Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, portions of South America, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the North Pole, and parts of the South Pole are just some of the regions on Earth where you may see this complete lunar eclipse.
From 6-10 p.m. tomorrow, NARIT will host viewing parties for the lunar eclipse at the Princess Sirindhorn AstroPark in Chiang Mai, the Regional Observatory in Nakhon Ratchasima, the Regional Observatory in Chachoengsao, and the Regional Observatory in Songkhla. It doesn’t cost anything to attend these shows.
