If you are looking for the best weather for the lunar eclipse, we suggest heading to the Northern and Central Great Plains where the skies will be mostly clear.
The Super Flower Blood Moon of May is also known as the lunar eclipse because of the varying degrees of weather around the country. The Full Flower Moon is a so-called super moon because it occurs when the moon is at its closest to the Earth.
If you end up with bad weather, you can watch the Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse online and enjoy views of the full moon from around the world. The eclipse will start at 10:38 pm. The Blood Moon peak is at 12:11 a.m. On May 16 and May 17 it ends at 1:45 a.m. The sun rises at 0555 GMT.
What time is the Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse?
The southern Great Lakes will be the area that will get a brief glimpse of the moon tonight, thanks to a cold front. That includes the big cities of Chicago and Detroit, as well as the southern and eastern half of Illinois, southeast Missouri and much of the state of Arkansas. There is a slight risk of severe storms across this entire region.
The weather will be mostly cloudy and wet from Maine to the Florida Peninsula.
Sunday afternoon sunshine will warm a humid and unstable atmosphere, creating a build-up of clouds and showers. After sundown, the air will cool and the showers will end.
The stages of the Super Flower Blood Moon were explained.
Most places west of the Mississippi should be in good shape for eclipse watching with a few exceptions: western portions of Washington and Oregon where widespread low clouds will be prevalent.
There is a small strip of overcast skies over northern and western Idaho where there could be a few isolated showers and storms, and an outlier: partly to mostly cloudy skies over the normally cloud-free region of southwest Arizona and a slice of southeast California. Prospective eclipse watchers located along the California's Pacific Coast would be advised to head inland to avoid the marine layer which could spill ocean clouds from the ocean after dark.
The moon could play hide-and-seek over parts of the central and southern Rockies and northern Texas.
There could be a corridor of clear to partly cloudy skies stretching from western New York through the Ohio Valley.
There is a Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse.
Our weather map shows the chances of clear skies for the eclipse, which is graded on a three-point scale: Good, Fair and Poor.
We stress that the National Outlook is a generalization of sky conditions from coast to coast. Check the latest forecast from your local National Weather Service office for a more detailed outlook. Here is a link to the National Weather Service Organization page that shows all of the Weather Service Forecast Offices in the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii and the Pacific Region.
You won't have to wait long for a second chance if you're clouded out of tonight's eclipse. The next total lunar eclipse will take place in the morning hours of Nov. 8.
Good luck and clear skies!
If you want to take pictures of the moon, be sure to read our best cameras andlenses. There are guides on how to photograph a lunar eclipse and how to photograph the moon with a camera.
If you snap an amazing lunar eclipse photo and would like to share it with Space.com's readers, send your photo, comments, and your name and location to us.
The instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium is Joe Rao. He writes about astronomy for a number of publications. Follow us on social media.
All Rights Reserved © 2024
