The first of two lunar eclipses of 2022 will occur this coming Sunday and will be fully visible across the entire state of Minnesota. In fact, this will be the first lunar eclipse to be visible across the entire contiguous United States since January 21, 2019.

Eclipse Timing

This lunar eclipse will last around an hour and 24 minutes, with the partial phase beginning on Sunday, May 15th at 9:15 PM CT with the partial lunar eclipse occurring around 9:59 PM CT. The period of totality begins around 10:30 PM CT with the maximum point of the eclipse occurring at 11:11 PM CT. Totality will end at 11:54 PM CT with the partial phase ending at 12:23 AM CT on Monday, May 16th. The full eclipse will end at 1:10 AM CT.

Unlike the solar eclipse, the lunar eclipse is also completely viewable with the naked eye, so you don’t have to worry about risking permanently damaging your eyes when watching it since you are not directly looking at the sun.

Blood Moon

Oftentimes, the total lunar eclipse is also called a Blood Moon because the Moon will take on a reddish hue. This reddish color occurs when the Sun’s rays are refracted through the Earth’s atmosphere scattering the blue light while the longer wavelength red color reaches the Moon.