May 15/16, 2022, North America will witness a total lunar eclipse

On the night of May 15/16, 2022, North America will witness a total lunar eclipse. This amazing celestial lineup of the Sun, Earth, and the moon will play out with eastern and central time zones seeing the entire event. Mountain and Pacific zones will witness the eclipse in progress as the moon rises.

This is a very safe event as the full Flower moon moves into the earth’s shadow for almost three and a half hours. Eclipse times are:

Central Time
Partial umbral eclipse begins: 9:27 p.m. Moon enters the earth’s shadow.
The total lunar eclipse begins: at 10:29 p.m. Moon turns dark orange or red.
Greatest eclipse: 11:11 p.m. Mid-point of the eclipse.
Total lunar eclipse ends: 11:53 p.m. Moon begins to leave the shadow.
The partial umbral eclipse ends at 12:55 a.m. Moon exits earth’s shadow.