Tonights Eclipse- To watch the whole show from start to finish, your moon gazing should begin at 10:20 p.m. PDT, when the first faint shadow will start to fall on the moon. This is known as a penumbral eclipse, but be prepared -- its subtle. The show gets more interesting at 10:58 p.m., when the partial eclipse begins. It should look like a little bite was taken out of the moon. Continue to look up to see the Earths shadow move across the moon, covering more and more of its surface as the minutes pass. By 12:07 a.m., the entirety of the lunar surface will be in Earths shadow. It will be glowing red, because even though our planet is blocking out direct light from the sun, the light of all the sunsets and sunrises on Earth still make it to the lunar surface.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 01:52:32 +0000
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