It’s ideal to view the eclipse from somewhere dark.
Sunday evening into early Monday morning the moon will be in rare form. There are several lunar events happening all at once: a lunar eclipse, a full moon and a supermoon. The three events mean the moon will be full and appearing a little larger than usual. Additionally, when the eclipse happens, the moon will appear to glow red.
The eclipse is what causes the moon to appear reddish orange. The Earth moves between the sun and the moon blocking the sun’s light from the moon, when the light gets through the Earth’s atmosphere and makes it to the moon, it has a reddish color to it.
There are a few golden rules anyone hoping to see the lunar anomaly on Sunday night should follow to try and get a good view. First of all, viewers should try to get somewhere with as little light pollution as possible. Those in cities or highly populated bright areas will have a harder time seeing the moon in all its glory and the color might be thrown off a bit if there’s a lot of light pollution.
