Canadians from coast to coast can view total lunar eclipse this week
Posted Apr 13, 2014 8:10 am.
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Canadians from coast to coast will get a chance to view a total lunar eclipse this week — the first of four that will occur nearly every six-months.
The first will begin just before 2 a.m. EDT on Tuesday and will be visible throughout the Western Hemisphere.
The full moon will turn an orangey-red as the sun, Earth and moon sync up in perfect alignment and the Earth casts it shadow over the moon’s surface.
The entire event will last about three-and-a-half hours.
Andrew Fazekas of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada says North America hasn’t seen a total lunar eclipse since 2011.
He also notes the actual colour of the eclipse is a bit hard to predict because it can be influenced by pollutants and dust in the Earth’s atmosphere.
The other three eclipses will occur October 8th of this year and April 4th and September 28th of 2015.
