This year’s Loy Krathong (traditional Thai holiday) celebration will be very special as a total lunar eclipse in the evening. According to the National Institute of Astronomy, this event can be observed from anywhere in the country from 5:00 p.m. on November 8.
The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) has announced a detailed forecast of the total lunar eclipse. According to the institute, the eclipse will begin to occur between 15:02 and 20:56 local time. However, the event can only be seen in Thailand from 17:44, as this is the time when the moon rises above the horizon.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon moves into the shadow of the earth, when the sun, earth, and moon align so that the shadow of the earth is caused by sunlight falling on the earth’s surface. Moon.
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Observers in Thailand will see the moon rising over the horizon in a full eclipse phase, appearing as a red full moon for about 57 minutes until 6:41 p.m., at which time the earth’s shadow cast against the moon will gradually begin to recede. The moon will appear unhindered by the eclipse at 7:49 p.m., returning to full brightness at 8:56 p.m. Thai time.
This total lunar eclipse can also be seen in many places on the planet, specifically in northern and eastern Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, parts of South America, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the North Pole and parts from the south pole.
This year’s Loy Krathong (traditional Thai holiday) celebration will be very special thanks to the total lunar eclipse
NARIT will organize lunar eclipse viewing activities from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Chiang Mai Princess Sirindhorn AstroPark, Nakhon Ratchasima Regional Observatory, Chachoengsao Regional Observatory and Songkhla Regional Observatory. Admission to these events is free.
