Wake Up to a Total Lunar Eclipse: Wed Oct 08, 2014

Hunter's Moon Eclipse When: Wed Oct 8, 2014 2AM-5AM Where: Your Night Sky (Find an unobstructed location) Locate the Moon

Start your day with an eclipse of the full moon Wednesday October 8, 2014

Wake-Up Early Oct 8th
A total lunar eclipse is expected to make a colourful peak early Wednesday morning, Oct. 8. The 2014 lunar eclipse will occur during a bright ’s Hunter’s Moon – (the name for the full moon after the Harvest Moon) turning a bold shade of red at totality. Best of all, this amazing sight will be viewable all accross America. This event begins at 2:15am PDT, and ends at 5:34AM PDT, with totality at 3:25am.

What's A Lunar Eclipse?
"During a lunar eclipse, most of the light illuminating the moon passes through the stratosphere where it is reddened by scattering." explains atmospheric scientist Richard Keen of the University of Colorado.

Folks on the West Coast will have the best view of the colourful total lunar eclipse which will end about one hour before sunrise. Here's the timeline:

Pacific Daylight Time (October 8, 2014)
Partial umbral eclipse begins: 2:15 a.m. PDT on October 8
Total eclipse begins: 3:25 a.m. PDT
Greatest eclipse: 3:55 a.m. PDT
Total eclipse ends: 4:24 a.m. PDT
Partial eclipse ends: 5:34 a.m. PDT

The next lunar eclipse's will occur Sat Apr 4, 2014, and Sun Sep 27, 2015.

Happy Viewing!