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Total Lunar Eclipse

Tomorrow night (Nov. 8) we will be treated to a brief total lunar eclipse. Check out the Astronomy Picture of the Day for a cool animation showing what we might expect.

Those of us living in the Eastern US should see the entire eclipse, from the point when the Moon first begins to enter the Earth's shadow (the penumbra) at around 6:30 PM EST, until it exits at around 10:30 PM. The full eclipse (totality), when the moon is entirely enclosed within darkest part of the Earth's shadow (the umbra), won't begin until around 8:00 PM EST and will only last about 25 minutes. Check out space.com for more details and a graphic that shows what the umbra and penumbra are.