Only Total Lunar Eclipse of 2019 Takes Place Sunday Night

Skies should be clear this weekend for the only total lunar eclipse in 2019.

The eclipse takes place overnight Sunday night into Monday morning and should be visible to viewers in all of North and South America.

During the lunar eclipse the full moon will be fully tinted with the red-orange color or what is commonly referred to as a “blood moon.”

According to Space.com, as the moon enters Earth’s shadow, all of the moon will turn a rusty color.

Sunlight scatters to produce the red colors of sunset and sunrise when it enters Earth’s atmosphere at a particular angle.

The full experience, from the start of the eclipse to the end, will last 3 hours and 17 minutes, beginning around 9p.m.

The peak of the total lunar eclipse will happen at 12:16 a.m. on the U.S. east coast.

This peak is also known as the “greatest eclipse” and is defined as the moment when the moon comes closest to the axis of Earth’s shadow.

The Jan. 21 total lunar eclipse will be the last one until May 2021, and the last one visible from the United States until 2022.