(CLICK HERE for photos of the June 2011 lunar eclipse. But just because it isnt visible from North America, doesnt mean you wont be able to watch the lunar eclipse too. The longest lunar eclipse of the past six centuries will happen in the late night and early morning hours of November 18-19, 2021. The first total lunar eclipse of 2011 is set to put on a spectacle for much of the world tonight, being the longest in nearly 11 years. Daisy Hernandez Daisy writes for Runners World, Bicycling, and Popular Mechanics. Eclipse is 'almost total.' Tens of millions of people will be treated to a remarkable event tonight, if they stay up -or get up early enough to view it.
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West Coast observers can start to see it just after 11 p.m., with a maximum at 1 a.m., according to NASA. This full moon will also bring a penumbral eclipse with it and will be visible beginning at 12:44 a.m. East Coast observers can begin to see it after 2 a.m., and it will reach maximum visibility at 4 a.m. The full moon will turn increasingly reddish-orange the more the Earth’s shadow covers it. NASA says weather permitting, "a huge swath of the planet" will be able to see the eclipse - including North and South America, Eastern Asia, Australia and the Pacific region - and it can occur earlier or later, depending on your time zone. A partial lunar eclipse is expected to be visible before dawn on Friday, Nov. Most eclipses last less than two hours, so the 3 hours, 28 minutes and 23 seconds the moon will be in partial eclipse far surpasses others. May 2021 saw a total lunar eclipse, so November will be the second eclipse this year. A super moon is a name given to a full (or new) moon that occurs when the moon is in perigee - or closest to the earth - and it is the moon's proximity to earth that results in its brighter and bigger appearance.
It is the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years, which coincides with a supermoon. May's partial lunar eclipse in Sydney, Australia. Most years will have two while some years will experience three or four. There will be 228 lunar eclipses this century, between 20.