THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 27, 2021 at 13:32 JST
Although thick clouds ruined the show in Tokyo, observers in northern Japan and elsewhere were treated to a rare total lunar eclipse that coincided with a supermoon on May 26.
The eclipse started soon after the biggest full moon of the year rose. It gleamed a coppery color for about 20 minutes from shortly after 8 p.m.
A total lunar eclipse was visible for the first time in about three years in Japan, according to the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ).
Moon watchers in Japan can also see a “near-total” lunar eclipse with 98 percent of the disk covered by the Earth’s shadow in November.
The next opportunity to see a total eclipse of the moon in the country will be in November 2022, the NAOJ said.
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