A total lunar eclipse will occur early tomorrow morning, the first in more than two years, writes Dick Ahlstrom, Science Editor. The weather may spoil the show, however, as complex systems approach.
The eclipse begins at 3.01 a.m. and reaches totality by 4.05 a.m., according to Mr David Moore of Astronomy Ireland. It moves out of totality by 5.25 a.m. and ends by 6.25 a.m. Cloud conditions at that time were difficult to predict, a forecaster at Met Eireann said.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth and moon align, with the moon passing through the Earth's shadow.