Last total lunar eclipse for three years arrives Tuesday - WDIO

FILE - The satellite is shown during a afloat lunar eclipse, Sunday, May 15, 2022, adjacent Moscow, Idaho, with the reddish colour caused by it passing into the shadiness of the Earth. A Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 full lunar eclipse volition beryllium disposable passim North America successful the predawn hours _ the farther west, the amended _ and crossed Asia, Australia and the remainder of the Pacific aft sunset. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ted S. Warren]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Better drawback the moon’s disappearing enactment Tuesday — determination won’t beryllium different similar it for 3 years.

The full lunar eclipse volition beryllium disposable passim North America successful the predawn hours — the farther west, the amended — and crossed Asia, Australia and the remainder of the Pacific aft sunset. As an other treat, Uranus volition beryllium disposable conscionable a finger’s width supra the moon, resembling a agleam star.

Totality volition past astir 1 1/2 hours — from 5:16 a.m. to 6:41 a.m. EST — arsenic Earth passes straight betwixt the satellite and sun.

Known arsenic a humor moon, it volition look a reddish-orange from the airy of Earth’s sunsets and sunrises. At the highest of the eclipse, the satellite volition beryllium 242740 miles (390,653 kilometers) away, according to NASA scientists. Binoculars and telescopes volition heighten viewing, provided the skies are clear.

South America volition get a glimpse of Tuesday’s lunar eclipse, upwind permitting. Striking retired altogether, Africa, the Middle East and astir of Europe volition person to hold until 2025.

Among those providing a livestream of Tuesday’s lunar extravaganza: Griffith Observatory successful Los Angeles and the Italian-based Virtual Telescope Project.

It’s the 2nd full lunar eclipse this year; the archetypal was successful May. The adjacent 1 won’t beryllium until 2025. Plenty of partial lunar eclipses volition beryllium disposable successful the meantime.

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