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The total lunar eclipse will last 1 hour, 42 minutes and 57seconds.
A Limpopo Geography teacher who has been preparing his learners to watch the lunar eclipse this Sunday evening says it’s exciting times for his class.
Eric Masweneng, a teacher at Dithothwaneng Senior Secondary School in Mphanama near Jane Furse, says his learners will be watching the eclipse closely.
The so-called “blood moon”, where the moon turns a red colour, happens when the earth positions itself precisely between the moon and the sun, casting its shadow on the moon’s surface.
Masweneng says a lunar eclipse is a once-in-a-lifetime event.
“A lunar eclipse is a celestial event wherein the celestial bodies, which is the earth, the sun, and the moon, will be aligned in what astronomical mechanics refers to its syzygy, wherein the moon, the sun and the earth will be in a straight line. Therefore, the moon will be behind the shadows of the earth and this celestial experience is going to make learners, teachers, scholar’s academics and astronomers to be engaged all together at the same time because it was to be once experience by everyone at the same time.” – Reporting by Mkateko Chauke.
A total lunar eclipse will be visible on Sunday, 07 September 2025.
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