Lunar Eclipse! When and Where to Look

Space Weather News for Jan. 30, 2018 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom LUNAR ECLIPSE OBSERVING GUIDE: On Wednesday, Jan. 31st, the full Moon will pass through the shadow of Earth, turning the normally gray lunar disk a lovely shade of volcanic red. When and where should you look? Eclipse times and visibility maps are featured on today's edition of Spaceweather.com. Citizen Science Bonus: Climate scientists use lunar eclipses to study the energy balance of our planet. You can participate in this research by watching tomorrow's eclipse and submitting your observations. Instructions may be found on Spaceweather.com. Remember, SpaceWeather.com is on Facebook! Above: In the USA, western states are favored. The Moon will spend more than an hour inside the core of Earth's shadow, and people on the Pacific side of the country will see all of it. On the Atlantic coast, people will see only a partial eclipse or no eclipse at all.  Image credit: Larry Koehn of ShadowandSubstance.com Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2018 Spaceweather.com, All rights reserved.