Lunar eclipse (total from all of U.S.) Tuesday 21-Dec. Begins: 01:32 (am - EST). Totality is achieved at 02:41 and lasts for 72 minutes.
Best time to look?
At 03:17 am EST the Moon will be in deepest shadow, displaying the most fantastic shades of coppery red.
Why Red?
From
the article at NASA:
" A quick trip to the Moon provides the answer: Imagine yourself standing on a dusty lunar plain looking up at the sky. Overhead hangs Earth, nightside [facing you], completely hiding the sun behind it. The eclipse is under way. You might expect Earth seen in this way to be utterly dark, but it's not. The rim of the planet is on fire! As you scan your eye around Earth's circumference, you're seeing every sunrise and every sunset in the world, all of them, all at once. This incredible light beams into the heart of Earth's shadow, filling it with a coppery glow and transforming the Moon into a great red orb. "
Last time a lunar coincided with solstice?
1638 DEC 21, Next time it will happen? 2094 DEC 21
