/ 08 November 2022

Psst, look up at the sky tonight

Image source: Pexels
Image source: Pexels

Calling all astronomy lovers: we’re likely to see a ‘blood’ moon tonight – otherwise known as a lunar eclipse – when the sun, Earth and moon line up and the Earth’s shadow covers the moon, giving it a red hue. It’s a pretty special one because it’s the last Aussies will be able to see in our region until 2025, and all the stars have aligned to make it – weather permitting – easy to enjoy. Thanks to different timezones, you’ll have to look up when best to spot it in your neck of the woods, but the partial eclipse, or the first stage of the shadow moving over the moon, begins in all states before 9pm. The so-called ‘period of totality’, when the moon’s in full shadow, will run for about 85 minutes – so there’s plenty of time to check it out. And if you want a theme song while you moon-gaze, we have just the ticket

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