The Philippines will have a chance to see the moon turn red during a partial lunar eclipse expected this month, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said.
According to the agency’s astronomical diary for June, a lunar eclipse will appear as a partial lunar eclipse in the country on June 26. Around half of the moon will be covered, with PAGASA estimating the eclipse’s magnitude (the size of the eclipsed part) at 54.2 percent.
The eclipse will begin at 4:55 p.m. local time, with the greatest eclipse at 7:38 p.m. and end at 10:21 p.m.
“Lunar eclipses are safe to watch and observers need not use any kind of protective filters for the eyes. A pair of binoculars will help magnify the view and will make the red coloration of the moon brighter,” said PAGASA Administrator Prisco Nilo.
The annual Bootid meteor shower will also be active from June 26 to July 2. While the peak of the shower is slated for June 27, PAGASA said little or no showers are expected to be visible because of a full moon on June 26.
The shower comes from debris ejected by Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke. The radiant of the shower will originate from the constellation of Bootes, the Herdsman, which lies in the northern sky.
Also in June, nights in the country will be shortest and the daytime longest at the Summer solstice on June 21. During the summer solstice, the northern part of earth tilts towards the sun with the sun seemingly at a stand still in the sky.
Some countries and cultures in the northern hemisphere consider the summer solstice as the first day of the summer season while cultures in the southern hemisphere consider it the first day of winter.
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