Washington: A total lunar eclipse, the first since December 2011, will take place Tuesday with the Americas best placed to get a glimpse.
With a first phase — known as a penumbral eclipse — kicking off at 0453 GMT, the total lunar eclipse is due to start at 0706 GMT and last until 0824 GMT, the US space agency said.
The moon will fully emerge from the Earth´s shadow at 1037 GMT.
While the entire event is visible from North and South America, sky watchers in northern and eastern Europe, eastern Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia will be out of luck, according to NASA.
It´s the first of four consecutive phenomena of this kind this year and next, a series astronomers call a tetrad. The last time a tetrad took place was in 2003-2004, with the next predicted for 2032-2033.
In total, the 21st century will see eight tetrads.
The year´s second total lunar eclipse will take place on October 8, with the tetrad´s remaining two expected on April 4 and September 28 of next year.
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