Central Daylight Time (October 8, 2014):
- Partial umbral eclipse begins: 4:15 a.m. CDT on October 8
- Total eclipse begins: 5:25 a.m. CDT
- Greatest eclipse: 5:55 a.m. CDT
- Total eclipse ends: 6:24 a.m. CDT
- Partial eclipse ends: 7:34 a.m. CDT
There is a total eclipse of the full moon on October 8, 2014. This is the Northern Hemisphere’s Hunter’s Moon – the name for the full moon after the Harvest Moon. It’s also a Blood Moon, and this eclipse is the second in a series of four so-called Blood Moon eclipses. For North America and the Hawaiian Islands, the total lunar eclipse happens in the wee hours before sunrise on October 8.
For more information about the total eclipse and answers to questions like ‘What’s a Hunter’s Moon?”, please visit the full article at EarthySky.