Mid-Missouri set to witness vibrant total lunar eclipse Thursday night
Thursday night sees the start of the total lunar eclipse that looks to the last through the morning hours. Vibrant red hues will be cast across the moon revealing a vivid spectacle for any late night on-lookers.
The total lunar eclipse, occurs when to earth is right between the actual sun and the moon, which creates a shadow that's going to be a reddish hue that gets portrayed back to the moon.
The good news is, you can look at it with the naked eye because you're not looking at direct sunlight, so it's not gonna be affecting your eyes negatively. Mid-Missouri will see the total eclipse, which means we're seeing the hard shadow that's going to be covering the moon directly.
There's two other types, and these two other types are typically whenever you don't see as much of the shadow portrayed onto the moon, depending on where the Earth is going to be at.
The total lunar eclipse begins at 10:57 Thursday night, peaking into early Friday morning 1:58 a.m. This is when the red hues are going be the most visible. The spectacle looks to end close to 5 a.m. right before the sun starts to come back up in Mid-Missouri.
Looking at the ABC 17 Stormtrack Futuretrack for cloud cover as we head deeper towards the overnight hours, a lot of the cloud cover looks to drift off to the northeast. If you're on Highway 70 and south, conditions should be looking pretty good even as we get towards the peak closer to 2 a.m.This means great viewing opportunities for most of the area. Just don't forget your camera!
