A full lunar eclipse is coming Thursday night into Friday.
The moon should slide into Earth’s outer shadow, or penumbra, shortly before 11 pm and get into the inner shadow, or umbra, shortly after midnight — giving the appearance of a bite taken out of the moon. Totality begins shortly before 1:30 am, with the maximum eclipse just before 2 am. The entire event ends at 5 am.
This is happening with a full moon — the Worm Moon — reaching its full phase during the eclipse’s maximum totality. Sky conditions could be partly cloudy, and there is a chance residents could see a Full Blood Worm Moon.
Peterson Planetarium Director Mark Brown says lunar eclipses are safe to watch, unlike solar eclipses which need special eyeglasses to view safely.
