Total eclipse of the moon affects the waves of the Indonesia's sea

Lunar eclipse can see at Indonesian territory this evening

The estimated of total lunar eclipse occurred on Saturday night at 21:30 pm, will affect the movement of waves on a number of sea of Indonesia, although its impact is still within normal limits.

Total lunar eclipse can be observed from the Australia, Asia, Europe, most of Africa, and North America, said the Head of Meteorological Observation and Information Stations Kupang, Saiful Hadi.

"While observers in South America can not see it. The moon total eclipse can be observed from Indonesia in the early evening of December 10, 2011," said Saiful in Kupang on Saturday.

According to Saiful, natural phenomena that do not have to worry about since the detection of Geophysics officials through satellite photos, the impact is still within the normal range, where the movement of waves in a number of waters in Indonesia on average between 1 to 1.5 meters.

Some conditions that will be affected waters lunar eclipse was in between the waters of the Timor Sea, Savu Sea, Flores Sea, Rote Strait, Strait Ombay, Sape Strait, to the Strait Arafuru. "So not to worry by the sailors, ship captains, and other types of shipping."

According to him, lunar eclipse is an event when sunlight blocked by the earth, so not everything is up to the moon.

The event that is one result of the dynamic movement of the position of the sun, earth and moon, only occurs when the full moon phase and can be predicted in advance.

He called, in 2011 had predicted solar eclipse occurs four times a majority of January 4, 2011, June 1, 2011, July 1, 2011, and 25 November 2011.

"All four can not be seen from the territory of Indonesia," he said.

Total eclipse of the Moon is predicted to occur on June 15, 2011 and December 10, 2011. Both eclipse can be seen from the territory of Indonesia in the form of GBT on June 16, 2011 in the morning and the GBT December 10, 2011 night.

Total eclipse of the moon affects the waves of the Indonesia's sea
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