Conditions will be ideal for viewing the total lunar eclipse in Indiana Sunday. The total eclipse will be visible for about an hour and a half total.
Mark your calendars, Hoosiers: A total lunar eclipse will be visible from the Midwest from late Sunday night to the early hours of Monday morning. The total eclipse will last from 11:29 p.m. Sunday to 12:54 a.m. Monday. A total lunar eclipse is sometimes known as a « blood moon » due to its orangey-red hue, though Brian Murphy, director of Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium at Butler University, specified that term is not used in astronomy. During a total lunar eclipse, the only light reflecting onto the moon is coming through the Earth’s atmosphere. Thus, the light from all the sunrises and sunsets in the world are « projected » onto the Moon, causing it to appear red, according to NASA.
