Get ready for this week's Buck Moon eclipse

July will be marked by two astronomical phenomenons that will take over the night sky: a moon eclipse will welcome the new month while a meteor shower will conclude the last stage of the third quarter of the year.

The moon eclipse will take place on July 4 and it will be visible in countries throughout the American continent and Oceania. The event will last for nearly 2 and a half hours.

In Mexico, the phenomenon will be visible starting at 21:00 and will reach its climax at 22:30 .

The eclipse will be of the penumbral kind, which means that the moon will align with the Sun and the Earth, whose extension will shadow the light of the moon by 90% in a subtle way, for, just as this one, there is another kind of eclipse that has an absolute capacity to hide the moon’s presence.

This kind of phenomenon is one that happens with a certain frequency and the one that will take place this July will be the third one in 2020. It is important to remember the moon eclipse of May 2013, which represented the beginning of the “Saros 150,” a series of phenomenons of the same kind that can be observed in a more precise way with the help of binoculars or telescopes.

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The Delta Aquarid meteor shower will take place by the end of the month, between July 29 and 30 and it will display 25 meteors per hour and it will be visible throughout the world, however, it will be observed more clearly on the Earth’s southern hemisphere.

The Aquarids have their origins in the Aquarium constellation and are the product of the remains of the 96/P Machholz comet; they were discovered in 1986 and are naturally attracted to Earth. Hence, they come near our planet and, once they enter into our orbit, they disintegrate with a lavish light.

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