Earth’s shadow sweeps over Lunar surface – total lunar eclipse coincides with 2019’s first full moon: 1/20-21

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Standby for the last lunar eclipse for 2 years: The blood wolf moon night of 1/20-21 coming to a North American continent near you
Skywatchers across the continental U.S. will be treated to a total lunar eclipse overnight on Jan. 20-21, when Earth’s shadow sweeps over the lunar surface to give it a reddish tinge and turn it into what some call a “blood moon.”

It coincides with the year’s first full moon — a “wolf moon” in the folklore tradition because it occurs at a time of year when wolves howl outside villages. Since it’s a so-called supermoon that’s being shadowed, some media outlets have dubbed this eclipse a “super blood wolf moon.”

The eclipse will happen on the night of the year’s first of three straight full supermoons, meaning the moon will be nearly at its closest to Earth for this January, as the eclipse takes place.

U.S. Eastern Time
Partial umbral eclipse begins: 10:34 p.m. (January 20, 2019)
Total lunar eclipse begins: 11:41 p.m. (January 20, 2019)
Greatest eclipse: 12:12 a.m. (January 21, 2019)
Total lunar eclipse ends: 12:43 a.m. (January 21, 2019)
Partial umbral eclipse ends: 1:51 a.m. (January 21, 2019)

@AHMalcolm:
Lunar Eclipse Viewing Schedule –
7:33pmPT Moon enters Earth’s inner shadow; 8:40pmPT Totality begins;
9:12pmPT Mid-eclipse;
9:43pmPT Totality ends;
10:51pmPT Moon exits Earth’s inner shadow.
https://twitter.com/AHMalcolm/status/1087142776725295105

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