Look to the skies tomorrow night!! (Tuesday 10/7 into Wednesday 10/8) The Full Hunters Moon will be a Blood Moon & Lunar eclipse!! Timeline of events 12:53 a.m. ET -- The eclipse will officially begin but there will not yet be anything to see with the human eye. 1:40 a.m. ET -- Observers should start to see some partial darkening along the left edge of the moon that will increase as the minutes pass. 1:58 a.m. ET -- Partial eclipse begins: People will start to see the dark disk of the Earths shadow crossing the moon. The shadow will advanced across the moon throughout the next hour. 2:50 a.m. ET -- As more of the moon becomes covered in shadow, observers should start to see parts of the dark shadow turn dark red or orange. 3:06 a.m. ET -- Total eclipse begins with the moon completely in the shadow of the Earth and should appear reddish orange. The blood moon has arrived. 3:45 a.m. ET -- Great eclipse: The middle of the total eclipse; moon should appear dark red/orange 4:24 a.m. ET -- Total eclipse ends: Moon will begin to reappear from the shadow and coloration will begin to disappear. 4:45 a.m. ET - As more of the moon emerges from the shadow, the color should be mostly gone. What is left will appear black. 5:33 a.m. ET -- Partial eclipse ends as dark shadow completely leaves the moon, which will return to its normal look over the next 10-20 minutes. 6:37 a.m. ET -- Eclipse officially ends.
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:00:00 +0000