The eclipse officially begins at 11:57 PM Thursday, when the Moon begins to move into the outer portion of Earth's shadow, called the penumbra. For about the next hour, this will result in only a ...

Unless clouds interfere, the ‘Blood Moon’ total lunar eclipse will be visible to people in the lower 48 states and greater Americas.

As its total lunar eclipse of magnitude 1.17, the moon will be completely covered by the Earth's Umbral shadow at maximum eclipse. The Umbral shadow will only be illuminated by sunlight refracted ...