A total eclipse of the moon will occur on Saturday, a rare event that will not happen again for the next seven years.
The process will start at 6:33 p.m. at that time the moon will rise in the eastern horizon while the sun’s rays are still reflected in the sky, tempo.co reported on Thursday.
Director of Bosscha Observatory Hakim Lutfi Malasan said that the moon will enter the shadow of the earth at 7:44 p.m. For the next 80 minutes, the surface of the moon will be gradually covered by the earth’s shadow. The total eclipse will last about 50 minutes with the peak at 9:32 p.m. The whole process will last till Sunday at 00:30.
Unfortunately, observers might not be able to watch the eclipse properly due to clouds and bad weather. It is predicted that West Nusa
Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara are among the provinces that will have clear sky.
The observatory and the Ministry of Communication and Informatics have prepared live streaming facilities at their website: http://kominfo.go.id.
Direct observation will be made from six points: Lembang, Yogyakarta, Jakarta, Bandung, Pekanbaru, and Mataram.
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