An eerie total lunar eclipse will occur Tuesday night, becoming the first in six years to be visible in the country, according to the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
If the weather is clear, the total eclipse — in which the entire full moon passes through the Earth's umbral shadow — will also be seen in Canada, the United States, South America, the Pacific Ocean, western Asia and Australia the same day, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration said on its Web site.
In Japan, the eclipse will begin at 6:52 p.m. and end at 8:22 p.m. Tuesday, enveloping the full moon in a dim copper-colored glow from around 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the southeastern sky, the Japanese astronomical observatory said.
I've seen a total lunar eclipse before, it's really pretty. At that time there were also a comet flying pretty close by so I saw both the outline of the comet and the moon in this dark copper red. Looked like dried blood on the sky.
I love them, I just wish i had a kick ass camera to capture it all. However it's best out in the country side, no lights or anything. Just pure stars... Soo many of them...
Oh...!! What the weather now...
Cloudy and looks like soon it will rain..|o|
I'm so looking forward to it!!
Hope the weather will be clear tonight...
6 years since the last one!!
The moon will be due south, about 45 degrees above the horizon, when the partial eclipse starts at 1:51 a.m. The total eclipse starts at 2:52 a.m. and ends at 4:22 a.m. The partial eclipse ends at 5:24 a.m.