A total lunar eclipse is happening. Meteorologist KJ
Full moon will look dramatically different and just the contrast is really amazing.
It goes from most of the moon being very, very dark to suddenly you're seeing the deeper oranges and and even Reds as it gets deeper into the point of greatest eclipse.
The spectacle occurs when the moon's orbit enters the Earth's shadow. NASA Ambassador Tony Rice says this is the first lunar eclipse to ever occur on Election Day.
So every object has two shadows, an umbra and a. Got a penumbra. So the number is the darker of those two and that's right at the center of that circle.
So what's happening is the move is moving into that Umbra and as it begins that point of totality, when it's completely in that Umbra, you see the last little bits of the bright part of the moon that are reflecting that sunlight back at us.
Rice says the two best times are #1 at 4:44 AM when the moon is 50%. Partially eclipsed #2 just before 6:00 AM at maximum totality, that's when it's 100% eclipsed, he says. You can get some cool photos at partial eclipse. And again, that's the most beautiful time.
That's the time when I like to take pictures too. It really looks like an eclipse then. And even more fascinating, your place in space. When you're looking at that lunar eclipse, the sun is absolutely directly behind you.
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