If you're staying up late to do your taxes anyway, be sure to see the rare lunar eclipse set to take place around 2 a.m. on April 15 in the southern sky.
The full moon will change to a "reddish hue" on that date when the Earth is positioned between the sun and the moon, The Washington Post's Skywatch reported.
When the Earth blocks it from the sun, the moon will take on "a dramatically colorful appearance, ranging from bright orange to blood red," said Fred Espenak, astronomer and noted eclipse expert, as quoted by Skywatch.
The eclipse event will first be visible around 1:58 a.m., when entering the Earth's umbral shadow causes a partial eclipse of the moon in the southern sky. Around 3:07 a.m., the total eclipse phase is expected to be visible in the southwestern sky with peak totality occurring around 3:36 a.m.
Two other celestial bodies will be visible near the eclipse: Spica, a first-magnitude star that is part of the constellation Virgo, and Mars, which sits to the right of the moon.
Totality of the eclipse will end around 4:25 a.m., taking the moon into the second partial eclipse phase, which will last until 5:33 a.m.
The April 15 eclipse will be the first of four total upcoming lunar eclipses. Called a tetrad, the four-eclipse series will continue through next year. The last tetrad occurred in 2004, while the next will be in 2032-2033. Earth will see eight tetrads altogether in this century, Skywatch reported.
The three remaining eclipses in this particular tetrad are expected on Oct. 8, 2014; April 4, 2015; and Sept. 28, 2015.
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