CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — If you missed April’s total eclipse of the moon, now’s your chance. But you’ll need to get up early.
Depending on cloud cover, North Americans will have prime viewing early Wednesday of a full lunar eclipse, especially in the West. The full moon will be obscured by Earth’s shadow in the pre-dawn hours. The total eclipse will last an hour — until sunrise on the East Coast.
It also will be visible across Australia and much of Asia. Only Europe, Africa and the eastern tip of Brazil won’t get the show.
The moon will appear orange or red, the result of sunlight scattering off Earth’s atmosphere. That’s why it’s called a blood moon.
There’ll be two full lunar eclipses again next year.
235-a-13-(Laura Damly, curator, Griffith Observatory, in AP interview)-“through that shadow”-Laura Damly, curator of the Griffith Observatory, says there will be lunar eclipse in the predawn hours on Wednesday. (7 Oct 2014)
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238-a-10-(Laura Damly, curator, Griffith Observatory, in AP interview)-“an unusual sight”-Laura Damly, curator of the Griffith Observatory, says if the skies are clear, the lunar eclipse is worth checking out. (7 Oct 2014)
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237-a-11-(Laura Damly, curator, Griffith Observatory, in AP interview)-“and look up”-Griffith Observatory curator Laura Damly says the entire United States gets a view of the lunar eclipse. (7 Oct 2014)
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236-a-14-(Laura Damly, curator, Griffith Observatory, in AP interview)-“onto the moon”-Griffith Observatory Curator Laura Damly says the moon will appear orange or red. (7 Oct 2014)
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