Who will preside over the lunar eclipse on Friday in Uganda?

As the moon rises on Friday, July 27th in 2018 you will begin to see the process by which the moon hides beneath the Earth’s shadow, what we call a lunar eclipse.

However, Ugandans are still wondering whether this will be a national issue? Being a national issue means that a government higher official probably the president or Prime Minister should preside over the watching.

Well, this historical occurrence is scientific but it is also a sign that God is living.

A total lunar eclipse will occur on July 27, 2018. The Moon will pass through the centre of the Earth’s shadow. This will be the first central lunar eclipse since June 15, 2011.

Lunar eclipses are visible from anywhere on Earth where it is nighttime. However, the duration of the eclipse  you see will depend on how close to moonrise or moonset the eclipse starts in your location.

During total lunar eclipses, the moon turns a deep red color when it enters the depths of Earth’s shadow. So why doesn’t the moon just look like it’s in darkness?

The color change happens because Earth’s atmosphere acts as both a lens and a scattering medium for the sun’s light.

As light passes through any medium, it slows down a bit, and bends. So some sunlight gets bent toward the moon’s surface as it passes through Earth’s atmosphere during an eclipse. If you were standing on the moon, observing the Earth during a lunar eclipse, you’d see a ring of light around the Earth’s edge as it passed in front of the sun.

In addition to the bending, air scatters short-wave length light more than longer-wavelength light. Colors such as green and blue have shorter wavelengths than red or orange, so they scatter more — and what’s left is the redder end of the spectrum.

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