Partial lunar eclipse to be visible in Canada Thursday night
A deep partial lunar eclipse will be visible across North and South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East on Thursday night. The event will see 96 percent of the moon's surface obscured by Earth's shadow.
Why it matters
This is a significant astronomical event that provides public interest in space science and celestial mechanics.
By Meredith Bond and The Associated Press
A partial lunar eclipse is happening overnight Thursday into Friday and Canadians will be among billions of people able to catch a glimpse of it.
Almost the entire lunar surface will be masked Thursday night into Friday — a whopping 96 per cent — making this an especially deep partial eclipse.
The partial eclipse is expected to last three hours and 18 minutes, beginning at 9:23 p.m. ET and will peak around midnight in Ontario. However, the entire eclipse will take around five and a half hours.
The eclipsed moon will be visible to billions across North and South America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, provided the skies are clear.
680 News meteorologist Rob Haswell said Toronto will see partly cloudy conditions in the late evening and overnight, slightly affecting our view.
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