Port Washington: When To Watch For the April 4 Lunar Eclipse

By JAIMIE CURA (Patch Staff)

The Saturday, April 4, total lunar eclipse will be the shortest one of the century, lasting five minutes or less.

Weather-wise, the National Weather Service predicts temperatures will be in the high-40s to low-50s range with a chance of showers.

The April 4 eclipse is the third in a series of four total eclipses with no partial eclipses in between them, known as a tetrad. The dates of the four eclipses in this tetrad are:

• April 14-15, 2014
• Oct. 7-8, 2014
• April 4, 2015
• Sept. 28, 2015

When to Watch

In North America, the eclipse will begin at 6:16 a.m. Eastern time. According to NASA, the totality of the eclipse will take place over the course of 4 minutes and 43 seconds.

Because of how quickly the eclipse will take place, you may want to venture outside a little earlier to give your eyes time to adjust.

If you take any pictures of the total lunar eclipse, send them to paige.mcatee@patch.com for inclusion in our gallery!

Photo by Bill Young, via flickr creative commons

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