A late-night celestial event will unfold in the early hours of March 3 as the full Worm Moon slides into Earth\u2019s shadow, turning darker and more orange as sunlight filters through the atmosphere<\/p>\n
Skywatchers across North America will get a safe-to-view lunar eclipse before dawn on March 3, with viewers in the Pacific and Mountain time zones seeing more of the event than those farther east.<\/p>\n
Throughout the weeks and months, we see the sun by day and the moon by night. But a few times each year, they line up along with Earth to produce spectacular solar and lunar eclipses.<\/p>\n
We do not see an eclipse each month because of the Moon\u2019s slight tilt in its orbit around the Earth. Sometimes the bright full moon appears above Earth\u2019s shadow projected in space, while in other months it is located below the shadow. When the alignment is just right, the Moon slips into this cone of darkness.<\/p>\n
This celestial dance will play out in the early morning of March 3. The eclipse will be seen in its entirety from the Pacific and Mountain time zones, whereas farther east, the moon will set before the entire show is over.<\/p>\n
A lunar eclipse is completely safe to observe and enjoy as the full Worm Moon <\/a>slowly turns a darker orange as sunlight bends through our atmosphere, like a red sunset. This is in stark contrast to the Feb 17 annular solar eclipse, where special eclipse glasses were needed. Fear not, only the penguins would have seen it over Antarctica.<\/p>\n While the eclipse is underway and on any clear night for that matter, check out the brilliant planet Jupiter high in the sky and it sets around 4 a.m. Then there is Orion the Hunter and other brighter winter constellations. Today\u2019s cell phone apps will help guide you through the starry shapes.<\/p>\n The path of totality for the next solar eclipse occurs on August 12, stretching from Greenland down through Spain, best viewed during ocean cruises. The sun will be covered for a few minutes, depending on where you are. On the night of August 27 into the morning of the 28, North America will witness a partial lunar eclipse. During mid-eclipse, 96 per cent\u00a0of the moon will be immersed in the Earth\u2019s shadow.<\/p>\n Eastern:<\/p>\n Eclipse begins: 4:50 am<\/p>\n Mid eclipse: 6:33 am<\/p>\n Moonset: 6:39 am<\/p>\n Known as \u201cThe Backyard Astronomer\u201d, Gary Boyle is an astronomy educator, guest speaker, and previous monthly columnist for the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, as well as past president of the Ottawa Centre of the RASC. He has been interviewed on numerous Canadian and US radio stations as well as in newspaper articles. In recognition of his public outreach in astronomy, the International Astronomical Union has honoured him with the naming of Asteroid (22406) Garyboyle. Follow him on Facebook and his website: www.wondersofastronomy.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A late-night celestial event will unfold in the early hours of March 3 as the full Worm Moon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,66],"class_list":["post-510774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}