An attractive view of Full Wolf Moon Eclipse

Rana Sajid Hussain

An attractive view of Full Wolf Moon Eclipse or first of four penumbral lunar eclipses of 2020 in Lahore on January 10,2020. Lunar eclipses occur when Earth’s shadow blocks the sun’s light. There are three types of lunar eclipses - total, partial and penumbral. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are imperfectly aligned. When this happens, the Earth blocks some of the sun’s light from directly reaching the Moon’s surface and covers all or part of the Moon with the outer part of its shadow, also known as the penumbra.Since the penumbra is much fainter than the dark core of the Earth’s shadow, it is often difficult to tell apart from a normal full moon.The penumbral lunar eclipse of January 2020, which will take place between the nights of January 10-11, it will not be very distinguishable from a full moon and will be completely visible to almost all Pakistan cities. The lunar eclipse will last from 10.37 pm to 2.42 am pakistan Standard Time (PST)The moon often appears grey because of this and is called a “Wolf Moon” eclipse as well. According to Space.com, the first of the four penumbral lunar eclipses of 2020. (