Total Lunar Eclipse: Conditions Look Good To See ‘Blood’ Moon Sunday Night – WCCO

Initially printed Might 13, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Set your self a reminder: a complete lunar eclipse is coming to a sky close to you Sunday night time.

In Minnesota, circumstances are wanting good to catch a view of the celestial occasion. The newest forecast has clouds and potential remoted rain showers clearing out within the late afternoon and early night, leaving an open sky for the night time. Temperatures will likely be within the 70s.

All of it begins at 9:27 p.m. and can final 84 minutes. The utmost eclipse will likely be reached at 11:11 p.m. The moon will likely be situated within the to the south-southeast, at about 15 levels above the horizon, which is fairly low within the sky.

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This explicit eclipse known as a “Tremendous Flower Blood Moon.” In response to NASA, a blood moon happens throughout a complete lunar eclipse, when the Earth is positioned immediately between the moon and the solar, hiding the moon from daylight.

Throughout totality, the moon will likely be a faint, reddish glow, as crimson wavelengths of daylight filter by our planet’s ambiance onto the moon’s floor.

Lunar eclipses are simple and secure to view with the bare eye, binoculars, and even a telescope. NASA can even be stay streaming the eclipse.