Total Eclipse Of The Moon Occurs Tomorrow (Wednesday).Sky watchers and observers of the lunar system willnotice an extremely rare cosmic sight Tomorrow (Wednesday) October8, when a total lunar eclipse is expected to occur in differentparts of the World.The total eclipse of the moon will result ina clashsimultaneous rising of the sun in what scientists have called“selenelion,” a phenomenon that celestialgeometry sayscannot happen.During the lunar eclipse, the sun and moon will be exactly 180degrees apart in the sky. In a perfect alignment like this(called a “syzygy”), such an observation would seemimpossible.The images of both the sun and moon areexpected to belifted above the horizon by atmospheric refraction. This willallow people on Earth to see the sun for several extra minutesbefore it actually has risen and the moon for several extraminutes after it has actually set.As a consequence of this atmospheric trick, watchers indifferent locations will have a chance to observe this unusualsight first hand, with the possibility of simultaneously seeingthe sun rising in the east while the eclipsed full moon issetting in the west.
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