FLORIDA — Sky watchers and astronomy lovers will get a very rare treat as a total lunar eclipse will dazzle the night sky above Central Florida early Friday morning.
What You Need To Know
- A total lunar eclipse is also called a blood moon
- Totality begins at 2:26 a.m. but the height of the eclipse is at 2:59 a.m. The totality ends at 3:31 a.m.
- Frank Kane, the president of Central Florida Astronomical Society, explains the best ways to see the eclipse
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- 🔻Scroll down to watch NASA’s Andrea Jones talk about a total lunar eclipse🔻
Sometimes, people get confused about what a lunar eclipse, but Andrea Jones explains, “So, a total lunar eclipse happens when the sun, the Earth and the moon all line up in space. So, the moon moves into Earth’s shadow and the Earth blocks most of the light from the sun,” said Jones, a planetary geologist and public engagement lead of the Solar System Exploration Division at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
When this happens, we get a blood moon, which is another name for a total lunar eclipse…