From OutThereColorado.com:
Stay up late on Thursday night and you'll get a treat – if the skies are clear.
A near-total lunar eclipse is set to happen in the early morning hours of Friday morning – at about 2:02 AM – when just 3 percent of the moon will appear to be illuminated.
One nice aspect about this celestial event will be how long it lasts – a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Earth's penumbra, which is the lighter outer part of the shadow that the planet will cast on the moon, will start covering the moon at about 11:02 PM on Thursday, November 18. At 12:18 AM on Friday morning, the partial lunar eclipse will begin. The maximum lunar eclipse will take place at 2:02 AM, with the partial eclipse ending at 3:47 AM and the penumbral eclipse ending at 5:03 AM.
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