“Hawaii has the best seat in the house and then short of that will be California and the Pacific Northwest,” said NASA’s Noah Petro, project scientist for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The reddish-orange color is the result of all the sunrises and sunsets in Earth’s atmosphere projected onto the surface of the eclipsed moon. But the entire show will last five hours, as Earth’s shadow gradually covers the moon, then starts to ebb. This super “blood” moon will be visible Wednesday across the Pacific - offering the best viewing - as well as the western half of North America, bottom of South America and eastern Asia.īetter look quick: The total eclipse will last about 15 minutes as Earth passes directly between the moon and the sun. ![]() The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years coincides with a supermoon this week for quite a cosmic show.
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