Indonesians Enthusiastic about Lunar Eclipse

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The triple lunar event of a supermoon and blue moon, or super blue blood moon, and total lunar eclipse is captured at 9:09 p.m. on Wednesday (31/1) at the National Monument Park in Central Jakarta.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS – Despite the atmosphere not being as festive as during the total solar eclipse on March 9, 2016, people all over the archipelago enthusiastically observed the total lunar eclipse on Wednesday (31/1/2018) night. Due to the eclipse’s rarity, namely its concurrent occurrence with a super moon and a blue moon – lending it the unique name of the Super Blue Blood Moon – the phenomenon has helped popularize astronomy.

In Jakarta, some 7,000 people gathered at the observation spot set up in Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) cultural center in Cikini. The Jakarta Amateur Astronomy Association and Planetarium Jakarta provided 16 telescopes, 12 of which were to be used by visitors and the other four to obtain photographic data of the total lunar eclipse.