Let's look forward to this weekend's lunar eclipse

You can watch a lunar eclipse that causes the Flowering Moon to turn red on May 15 or May 16, depending on your location.

A flower lunar eclipse will take place on May 15 or 16, depending on your location on Earth.

This will be the first of two lunar eclipses for 2022 and the only one that people in North America will be able to see this year, so be sure not to miss what happens when the new moon enters. shadow of the Earth.

Depending on where you stand, the eclipse can be total or tilted. At least some completely obscured moon phases will be visible from the Americas, Antarctica, Europe, Africa and the eastern Pacific Ocean, while those in New Zealand, Eastern Europe and the Middle East will be considered a partial lunar eclipse.

The partial lunar eclipse will officially begin on May 15 at 10:28 p.m. ET (09.28 a.m. on May 16, Vietnam time). The Blood Moon (total phase) of the lunar eclipse will peak at 11.11 minutes on May 16, with the lunar eclipse ending at 12.55 on May 16 Vietnam time. A hemispherical lunar eclipse will begin and end about an hour after a partial lunar eclipse.

This flower lunar eclipse is the first lunar eclipse of 2022.

A lunar eclipse is perfectly safe to see with the naked eye or with binoculars or a telescope. Also unlike eclipses, they tend to last several hours, so you'll have plenty of time to enjoy them.

That said, if the weather is unpredictable or you can't easily watch an eclipse in your area, there are webcasts available to assist like the NASA website or YouTube.

The next and last lunar eclipse of 2022 will take place on November 8, 2022. It will be visible from at least part of Asia, Australia, North America, parts of northern and eastern Europe, Northern Europe. Pole and most of South America.