Sky watchers on the Pacific side of Earth should be alert for a total lunar eclipse today. The disk of the full Moon will turn a beautiful shade of copper-red as it passes through Earth’s shadow between 4:45 am and 8:18 am Pacific Standard Time (12:45 to 16:18 UT). For observers in western parts of the USA and Canada, the event will be magnified by the Moon illusion as the morning Moon sets behind trees, buildings, and other foreground objects along the western horizon.
People in Asia and Eastern Europe will also be able to see the eclipse. Those in Western Europe will get to see the Moon in eclipse as it rises. In Ireland (far western Europe), totality will only be visible for about 11 minutes. There’s more on the Dec, 10th total lunar eclipse here.
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