If you want to catch a total lunar eclipse this will be your last chance for a while. Tuesday morning, the last total lunar eclipse visible in North Georgia until 2025 will occur before sunrise.
This one will require rising very early, the opposite of the last one in May that required staying up quite late. The partial stages will begin at 4:09 a.m. when the moon is still quite high in the sky.
As the eclipse progresses the moon will be sinking quickly to the west, however. Totality will begin at 5:16 a.m. The moon will remain in totality for 85 minutes. During this time it will appear its deep coppery red color as light is refracted through the Earth’s atmosphere and onto the lunar surface.
The total part of the eclipse will end at 6:41 a.m. with moonset occurring shortly after at 7:09 a.m.
If you want to see this one, I highly recommend being out around 4:45 a.m. to catch the later stages of the partial phases and the beginning of totality. You will need a fairly good western horizon since the moon will only be around 10 degrees above the horizon by maximum eclipse.
I’ll be sharing some photos of the eclipse on Tuesday, so check back here for that. Better yet, get outside early Tuesday and enjoy it in real-time. The wait for the next one will be a while.
