A total lunar eclipse will grace the night skies this weekend, providing longer than usual thrills for stargazers across North and South America.
The celestial action unfolds Sunday night, May 15, 2022 into early Monday morning, with the moon bathed in the reflected red and orange hues of Earth’s sunsets and sunrises for about 1 1/2 hours, the longest totality of the decade. It will be the first so-called blood moon in a year.Credit: AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu
Observers in the eastern half of North America and all of Central and South America will have prime seats for the whole show, weather permitting. Partial stages of the eclipse will be visible across Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Left out: Alaska, Asia and Australia. "This is this gradual, slow, wonderful event that as long as it's clear where you are, you get to see it," Petro said.There'll be another lengthyin November, with Africa and Europe lucking out again, but not the Americas. Then the next one isn't until 2025.