What is a Total Lunar Eclipse? | Super Blood Moon 2021
A total lunar eclipse occurs on the morning of Wednesday, May 26, 2021, for most of the Western Hemisphere. In this kind of lunar eclipse, the Moon reaches the Earth’s inner shadow, the umbra, so it will look red during totality (4:11-4:25am PDT).
As seen from Flagstaff, Arizona, the Moon enters the barely visible penumbral phase at 1:47am; the more visible partial eclipse begins at 2:44am PDT (5:44am EDT). Totality is a brief 14 minutes this time, from 4:11 to 4:25am. The Moon will set at 5:23am, before the eclipse ends.
Join Lowell Observatory at 2:30am PDT on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, for a livestream of this total lunar eclipse: • Lunar Eclipse Live | May 26, 2021 .