EARLY risers across Donegal will have the rare opportunity to see a total eclipse of the moon which will take place on Monday morning.

The Super Blood Wolf Moon will be visible in skies over the county from 4.41am to 5.43am on Monday morning and is hoped to bet he best lunar eclipse that will be seen from Ireland for the next 14 years.

 

According to the Editor of Astronomy Ireland magazine, David Moore: “There will be other total lunar eclipses between 2019 and 2032 but they will happen as the Moon sets or rises from Ireland thus spoiling the view.

 

“This Total Lunar Eclipse on the morning of Monday, January 21st, will be entirely seen in Irish skies from start to finish so we are recommending everyone takes the opportunity to watch this amazing spectacle of nature when the brilliant Full Moon turns to a dim ‘Blood Moon’ for 62 minutes.”

 

A ‘Blood Moon’ is when the Full Moon has dimmed down by a factor of nearly one million times and turned a reddish colour as it is lit up by light bent into the Earth’s shadow by all the world’s sunsets and sunrises, according to Mr Moore.

 

He continued: “We also want to hear reports from Irish people, especially if weather is only clear in some places and not over the entire country. Photographs are extremely welcome also.

 

“Reports and photos sent to magazine@astronomy.ie will be published in a special ‘eclipse issue’ of Astronomy Ireland magazine and archived in the National Library of Ireland, and the British Library, for all time.”