Total lunar eclipse to be visible early Friday morning
HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT, DR.
AUTHORITIES ARE NOW LEADING
THIS INVESTIGATION.
>> EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, YOU
CAN SEE A TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY
3 YEARS. IT'S CALLED THE WORM
MOON AND WILL MAKE THE MOON A
STRIKING RED COLOR IS GOING
TO BE EARLY MIGHT TO SET THAT
ALARM WAKE UP KIND OF MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT. METEOROLOGIST KAT
CAMPBELL.
>> JOINED BY NASA AMBASSADOR
TONY RICE. ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE
TONY HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
STAFF TO DISCUSS THIS RARE
CELESTIAL EVENT. WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO. WE MISSED THE
ROCKET LAUNCH LAST NIGHT SINCE
THAT WAS A NO GO. BUT WE'RE
MAKING IT UP TO TONIGHT.
WE'VE GOT A REALLY, REALLY COOL
EVENT AND EVEN MORE RARE COMING
UP. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
TIMING OF THIS. NEARLY
EVERYBODY IS GONNA BE ABLE TO
SEE THE ECLIPSE TONIGHT.
>> WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST
TIME TO LOOK? SO MY FAVORITE
TIME IS BETWEEN THAT PARTIAL
AND TOTAL BEGINNING SAY AROUND
2 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
IT'S A LITTLE EARLY TO GET UP
WITH. THIS WILL BE WORTH IT.
>> THAT'S WHEN IT REALLY LOOKS
LIKE AN ECLIPSE. THE MOON IS
ABOUT HALFWAY COVERED.
ACTUALLY, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS
IT'S MOVING INTO THE AIR SHOW.
SO IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE AN
ECLIPSE. LOOK FOR THE CURVATURE
OF THAT DARK LIGHT LINE.
THAT'S CALLED THE TERMINATOR,
WHICH ACTUALLY SEEN AS THE
CURVATURE OF THE EARTH, THE
CURVATURE OF
THE MOON. AND THEN IT REALLY
GETS GOOD. AS YOU MENTIONED,
CLOSER TO THAT 3 O'CLOCK HOUR
WITH A MAXIMUM ECLIPSE OCCURS.
IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE
DEDICATION, BUT IT'LL BE REALLY
COOL TO SEE. SO CAN YOU
DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THE BLOOD MOON PART OF
THIS AND THE COLOR?
>> YES. WHAT GOT THE NAME BLOOD
MOON? BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT DOES
TURN RED MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.
IT'S A LITTLE MORE OF AN ORANGE
COLOR. WE WON'T KNOW WHAT COLOR
IT'S GOING TO BE UNTIL IT
ACTUALLY HAPPENS. IT'S TOTALLY
A FUNCTION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN THE ATMOSPHERE. WHAT'S
HAPPENING IS LIGHTS COMING FROM
AROUND THE EARTH THROUGH THE
ATMOSPHERE REFLECTING OFF OF
THE MOON AND THEN BACK THROUGH
OUR ATMOSPHERE AND IT GETS
FILTERED. SO IT'S LEAVING ALONE
LIVING ALONG THE ORANGE IAN
RED LIGHT AND SCATTERING OUT
ALL THAT BLUE LIGHT. SAME THING
THAT MAKES OUR SKIES BLUE.
ABSOLUTELY COOL STUFF. SO WE
DON'T NEED ANY THE GLASSES LIKE
SOLAR ECLIPSE, RIGHT? NO
GLASSES NEEDED AS LONG AS YOU
CAN SEE THE MOON IN THE SKY,
IT'S GOING TO BE. BUT HALFWAY
UP THE DOME IN THE SKY,
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO
SEE IT. NO, I PROTECTION
NEEDED. JUST GO OUT THERE AND
ENJOY IT. YOU KNOW, TELESCOPE,
NO GLASSES. EVERYBODY CAN SEE
IT. IT'S ACCESSIBLE SCIENCE FOR
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. SO IF
YOU'RE DEDICATED.
>> SO WHEN IS THIS GOING TO
HAPPEN AGAIN? SO WE WILL SEE
THIS AGAIN IN 2026, LIKE YOU
SAY, WE HAVEN'T SEEN FOR A
LITTLE WHILE THIS ONE IS UNIQUE
BECAUSE ALL OF NORTH AND SOUTH
AMERICA ARE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO SEE IT. THE LAST ONE KIND OF
FAVOR THE EAST COAST. THE NEXT
ONE'S GOING TO FAVOR THE WEST
COAST. SO THIS ONE'S WHERE THAT
WILL ALL BE ABLE TO SEE IT ONCE
WELL, I WILL BE UP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO CHECK
THIS OUT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, TONY.
THANKS FOR HAVING GREAT TO HAVE
YOU WITH US. ALWAYS TO TALK
ABOUT THE COOL STUFF HAPPENING
IN THE SCOTT.
>> I DO WANT TO TALK TO A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT CLOUD COVER
FOR THAT
TONIGHT BECAUSE THIS COULD BE
AN ISSUE FOR SOME. WE DO HAVE
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN THE
FORECAST. BUT I WAS TALKING
TO TONY ABOUT THIS, UNLIKE A
SOLAR ECLIPSE WHERE IT HAPPENS
VERY QUICKLY. THIS IS GONNA
TAKE A WHILE. SO EVEN IF YOU
HAVE CLOUDS IN THE WAY THOSE
CLOUDS SHOULD GRADUALLY CLEAR
TO SOME DEGREE IN THE BEST
CHANCE OF CLOUD COVER, KIND
OF INTERFERING WITH THE ECLIPSE
VIEWING WOULD BE UP NEAR THE
VIRGINIA BORDER. WE'RE PARTLY
CLOUDY HERE IN THE TRIANGLE.
2.30, LOOKING PRETTY GOOD ON
OUR LATEST RON OF CLOUD COVER
ON FUTURECAST. BUT WE DO SEE