Total Lunar Eclipse this Tuesday Morning

Although the weather doesn't look like it will cooperate for the Maryland region, you never really know what might be in store, and this is the last total eclipse of the moon for the next 3 years.

The eclipse favors the western half of the country, as well as Australia and the Pacific, where the entire eclipse can be seen. Here on the east coast the total phase begins as the moon is getting ready to set in the western horizon.

The moon will enter the earth's shadow early on Tuesday morning, March 3, at 4:50 EST. Totality starts at 6:04 when the moon will be a scant 6 degrees above the horizon. By mid-eclipse the moon has already set.

So, if the sky is clear, get to a location where you have an unobstructed view of the western horizon. The next total lunar eclipse won't be until Dec 31, 2028, and that one only from the west coast of US.