November 8, 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse: Telescopic View

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    ID: 14230 Produced Video

    Skywatcher’s Delight: Find out how you can catch the Nov. 8 total lunar eclipse

    Nov. 1st, 2022
    (updated May 3rd, 2023)

    Click here to find out everything you need to know about Tuesday's LUNAR ECLIPSE Click here for quick link to table of ECLIPSE TIMESClick here for quick link to canned interview in Spanish with Francisco AndolzQuick link to edited B-ROLL for interviewsClick here for a quick link to a canned interview with Noah Petro || Skywatcher’s Delight! Next Week’s Total Lunar Eclipse Will be Visible Across the U.S. Last One Visible Until 2025Save the date for an extra special Tuesday! On Tuesday, Nov. 8 residents from coast to coast across the United States will be treated to a total lunar eclipse that morning. A lunar eclipse occurs on a full Moon when the path of the Moon's orbit takes it into Earth's shadow, shielding it from the Sun. The light from all the sunrises and sunsets on Earth are cast on the Moon, giving it a temporary reddish color. Find out more about the Nov. 8 eclipse here and check out the chart below to see times: https://moon.nasa.gov/news/185/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-lunar-eclipse/. The next total lunar eclipse visible across the U.S. won’t be until 2025!NASA has been studying the Moon in unprecedented detail for the last 13 years with its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft (LRO), mapping the entire lunar surface to support science and future exploration by both humans and robots. The mission has been awarded a 3 year extension, taking operations to at least 2025, and will continue to shed new light on our nearest neighbor in space. For more information check out: https://moon.nasa.gov/ and on social media at @NASAMoon Suggested Questions:1. We’ll get some excitement looking at the Moon tomorrow morning! What makes tomorrow’s Moon so special?2. You said the Moon will turn red during the lunar eclipse, why is that?3. We’re coming up on the 50th anniversary of Apollo 17, the last time humans walked on the Moon. And in just a few weeks NASA will make its next attempt to launch its Mega Moon rocket that will carry humans back to the Moon. Can you tell us more about NASA’s Artemis program?4. NASA has been studying the Moon in incredible detail with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter for 13 years and it turns out the Moon is much more dynamic than we had thought. What are some of your favorite things we have learned about our Moon?5. Why do we want to send astronauts to the Moon? What is it about the Moon that we still need to learn?6. Where can our viewers go to learn more about the Moon, Artemis, and all the great work being done by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter?Questions for longer interviews:* How does our Moon help us better understand other planets and moons in our solar system?* How is the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter helping to usher in a new era of lunar science?* A lunar eclipse must be a rough ride for a solar-powered lunar orbiter. What does the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have to do to prepare for an eclipse?Do you have feedback for the Live Shot Program or want to be removed from our contact list? We would love to hear from you HERE! ||

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    ID: 5032 Visualization

    November 8, 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse: Shadow View

    Sept. 28th, 2022
    (updated Aug. 25th, 2023)

    Universal Time (UTC). The Moon moves right to left, passing through the penumbra and umbra, leaving in its wake an eclipse diagram with the times at various stages of the eclipse. || Both movies and high-resolution still images are available for Universal Time (UTC, above) along with Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific Standard Time. Also see the visibility map and Dial-a-Moon for this eclipse.On November 8, 2022, the Moon enters the Earth's shadow, creating a total lunar eclipse, the first since May. This animation shows the changing appearance of the Moon as it travels into and out of the Earth's shadow, along with times at various stages. Celestial north is up in this imagery, corresponding to the view from mid-northern latitudes. Rotating the images by 180 degrees would create the south-up view for southern hemisphere observers.The penumbra is the part of the Earth’s shadow where the Sun is only partially covered by the Earth. The umbra is where the Sun is completely hidden. The Moon's appearance isn't affected much by the penumbra. The real action begins when the Moon starts to disappear as it enters the umbra at about 4:09 a.m. EST. An hour later, entirely within the umbra, the Moon is a ghostly copper color. Totality lasts for an hour and a half before the Moon begins to emerge from the central shadow. Throughout the eclipse, the Moon is moving throught the constellation Aries.The planet Uranus is about 3 degrees (six Moon widths) north of the Moon during totality. It's normally a bit too dim to see with the naked eye, but binoculars and small telescopes reveal it as a small, mint-green dot. ||

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    ID: 5034 Visualization

    November 8, 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse: Visibility Map

    Sept. 28th, 2022
    (updated Aug. 25th, 2023)

    An animated map showing where the November 8, 2022 lunar eclipse is visible. Contours mark the edge of the visibility region at eclipse contact times. The map is centered on 168°57'W, the sublunar longitude at mid-eclipse. || Also see the shadow diagram and Dial-a-Moon for this eclipse.On November 8, 2022, the Moon enters the Earth's shadow, creating a total lunar eclipse, the first since May. This animation shows the region of the Earth where this eclipse is visible. This region shifts to the west during the eclipse. Observers near the edge of the visibility region may see only part of the eclipse because for them, the Moon sets (on the eastern or right-hand edge) or rises (on the western or left-hand edge) while the eclipse is happening.Contour lines mark the edge of the visibility region at the contact times. These are the times when the Moon enters or leaves the umbra (the part of the Earth's shadow where the Sun is completely hidden) and penumbra (the part where the Sun is only partially blocked). For observers located on a contour line, the contact occurs at moonrise (west) or moonset (east). ||

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    ID: 4955 Visualization

    Moon Phase and Libration, 2022

    Nov. 18th, 2021
    (updated Aug. 25th, 2023)

    Dial-A-Moon || || Click on the image to download a high-resolution version with feature labels and additional graphics. Hover over the image to reveal the animation frame number, which can be used to locate and download the corresponding frame from any of the animations on this page, including unlabeled high-resolution Moon images. The data in the table for the entire year can be downloaded as a JSON file or as a text file.The animation archived on this page shows the geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2022, at hourly intervals. Until the end of 2022, the initial Dial-A-Moon image will be the frame from this animation for the current hour.More in this series:Moon Phase and Libration GalleryLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been in orbit around the Moon since the summer of 2009. Its laser altimeter (LOLA) and camera (LROC) are recording the rugged, airless lunar terrain in exceptional detail, making it possible to visualize the Moon with unprecedented fidelity. This is especially evident in the long shadows cast near the terminator, or day-night line. The pummeled, craggy landscape thrown into high relief at the terminator would be impossible to recreate in the computer without global terrain maps like those from LRO.The Moon always keeps the same face to us, but not exactly the same face. Because of the tilt and shape of its orbit, we see the Moon from slightly different angles over the course of a month. When a month is compressed into 24 seconds, as it is in this animation, our changing view of the Moon makes it look like it's wobbling. This wobble is called libration.The word comes from the Latin for "balance scale" (as does the name of the zodiac constellation Libra) and refers to the way such a scale tips up and down on alternating sides. The sub-Earth point gives the amount of libration in longitude and latitude. The sub-Earth point is also the apparent center of the Moon's disk and the location on the Moon where the Earth is directly overhead.The Moon is subject to other motions as well. It appears to roll back and forth around the sub-Earth point. The roll angle is given by the position angle of the axis, which is the angle of the Moon's north pole relative to celestial north. The Moon also approaches and recedes from us, appearing to grow and shrink. The two extremes, called perigee (near) and apogee (far), differ by as much as 14%.The most noticed monthly variation in the Moon's appearance is the cycle of phases, caused by the changing angle of the Sun as the Moon orbits the Earth. The cycle begins with the waxing (growing) crescent Moon visible in the west just after sunset. By first quarter, the Moon is high in the sky at sunset and sets around midnight. The full Moon rises at sunset and is high in the sky at midnight. The third quarter Moon is often surprisingly conspicuous in the daylit western sky long after sunrise.Celestial north is up in these images, corresponding to the view from the northern hemisphere. The descriptions of the print resolution stills also assume a northern hemisphere orientation. (There is also a south-up version of this page.) ||

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