HEY STAR GAZERS!
TRACE HERE, TO HELP YOU GLIMPSE THE PENUMBRAL
LUNAR ECLIPSE PASSING OVER NORTH AMERICA THIS
WEEK ON INDEPENDENCE DAY!
THIS WILL BE A PENUMBRAL LUNAR ECLIPSE, MEANING
THE MOON WILL SLIDE INTO THE EARTH S SHADOW.
HERE S WHAT YOU LL SEE FROM THE EASTERN
SEABOARD.
AROUND ELEVEN THIRTY PM THE MOON WILL START
TO FALL INTO EARTH S SHADOW, AND IT WILL
PEAK BY TWELVE-THIRTY AM.
THE PENUMBRAL ECLIPSE MEANS THE MOON IS ONLY
GETTING HIT BY EARTH S LIGHTER OUTER SHADOW,
SO IT WON T BE TOTALLY COVERED, BUT WE RE
LOOKING UP AT OUR OWN SHADOW!
ISN T THAT COOL?!
EVERY SIX MONTHS, EARTH IS TREATED TO BOTH
SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES.
BUT TIMING AND LOCATION IS EVERYTHING.
IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR WE LL HAVE A TOTAL LUNAR
ECLIPSE, BUT NORTH AMERICA WILL GET ANOTHER
PENUMBRAL ECLIPSE IN NOVEMBER, SO DON T
MISS IT, AND KEEP LOOKIN UP!