Last total lunar eclipse for three years arrives Tuesday
November 7, 2022, 2:00 pm

Last total lunar eclipse for three years arrives Tuesday

A total lunar eclipse takes place when the Earth comes between the Sun and the Full Moon and blocks the Sun's direct rays from lighting up the Moon - Photo. Pixabay - Text. Wikipedia

A total lunar eclipse, known as a blood moon, will occur on Tuesday (Nov 8). It will appear a reddish-orange from the light of Earth’s sunsets and sunrises.

The total lunar eclipse will be visible throughout North America in the predawn hours — the farther west, the better — and across Asia, Australia and the rest of the Pacific after sunset. As an extra treat, Uranus will be visible just a finger’s width above the moon, resembling a bright star.

Totality will last nearly 1 1/2 hours — from 5:16 a.m. to 6:41 a.m. EST — as Earth passes directly between the moon and sun.

Lunar eclipses occur when the moon, Earth and sun are aligned and the moon passes into Earth’s shadow.

On October 9, the sky will be illuminated by the Hunter's Moon

Total lunar eclipses are sometimes known as blood moons because of the dramatic coloring caused by Earth’s atmosphere, which scatters light from the sun and brandishes it on the face of the moon.

It's the second total lunar eclipse this year; the first was in May. The next one won't be until March 14, 2025, according to NASA. Plenty of partial lunar eclipses will be available in the meantime.

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