Texas Blood Moon: Witness The Stunning Lunar Eclipse This Week

Texas may seen a reddish moon this week.

Texas Sky-watchers, Rejoice!

Be prepared to stay up late if you'd like to see a Blood Moon this week in Texas. The Blood Moon is the result of a lunar eclipse, which occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align. The Earth casts a shadow on the Moon, and the sunlight that reaches the Moon, after being filtered through Earth's atmosphere, can give it a reddish tint.

Stay Up Late

This should be quite an event for sky-watchers, but it's not without a little "pain". To see the full eclipse at it's optimum time in Texas, you'll have to look to the skies at 1:26 a.m. Friday morning (Thursday night/Friday morning) with the maximum eclipse at 1:58.  The full eclipse will last until about 2:31 a.m. If you're a bit bleary-eyed at that time of day, the eclipse starts happening at 12:09 a.m. and ends around 3:47 a.m.

Watch Local/Texas Weather

It would be very challenging to predict viewing conditions for the entirety of the State Of Texas, especially this far out. It doesn't appear any major weather events could obscure your view. It would be best to check your local forecast on Thursday to see if it will be worth your time staying up until Friday morning. A few clouds can ruin a good eclipse but with this eclipse viewing window, you should be able to get an eyeful at some point.

This Is Texas Info

Just in case you stumbled across this information from somewhere else, the times given are Central times, and the timing is based on Houston/Dallas. The best view will always be in low-light areas, so if you can get away from the city, you should be able to see a slightly dim but possibly reddish-orange colored moon.