It’s a good thing most of us will have next Monday off work because you’ll want to stay up a bit past your bed time this Sunday. The reason? There’s a “super blood wolf moon” eclipse happening Sunday night and (if the skies are relatively clear) we’ll be able to see it all from Miami.
In addition to sounding like a character from one of the Twilight novels, this eclipse should be a special one for a couple of reasons. First off, it’ll be a total lunar eclipse, which is cool on its own. But we’ll also be experiencing a “supermoon,” which means the moon will appear larger since it’ll be closer to Earth. And in even cooler news: the whole thing is going to have a reddish tint thanks to sunlight bouncing off Earth's atmosphere.
The partial phase begins Sunday night around 10:34pm. That's when Earth's shadow will first begin to cover the moon. The Earth’s shadow will completely cover the moon (known as totality) at 11:41pm and shall last for just over an hour. The total eclipse will end at 12:43am and the whole show will be over just before 3am.
So try and find a good stargazing spot for Sunday night (the Everglades and Homestead are always a good choice) and prepare to see some cool moon stuff, baby!
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