On Friday morning, a total lunar eclipse will take place, with the moon entering the Earth's shadow for 77 minutes, resulting in a distinctive reddish hue, also known as a 'Blood Moon.' Astronomy Ireland encourages viewers to wake early to witness this rare event, beginning at 5.09am. The eclipse reaches its peak visibility until 6.26am, with a brightening sky making observation difficult afterwards. The next total lunar eclipse won't occur until New Year's Eve in 2028, making this a unique spectacle worth seeing despite potential cloud cover.
The moon takes over an hour to go into the Earth's shadow, so it will do that from 5.09am until 6.26am - at that stage, you're going to see a partial eclipse.
The light of all the sunrises and sunsets faintly light up the moon, which are usually reddish in colour. The light that ends up on the moon is very weak, but it's also very red.
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