NASA To Live Chat During Wednesday's Lunar Eclipse

Every year brings interesting celestial phenomenon, things that have been happening for eons and that continue on regardless. One total lunar eclipse has already taken place this year, and it was grand; if you missed it, however, there's still hope — this coming Wednesday morning will have the year's second total lunar eclipse take place, lasting for a few or so hours, depending on where you're located. To prepare for this, NASA has collected some relevant data that will, among other things, let you know if you can see it from your spot on the planet.

As with many of these events, the visibility will be dependent on where you're located — if you're in Europe or Africa, for example, you're completely out of luck. If you're in the United States or Asia, among other places, however, you'll have various degrees of visibility.

Those located in Alaska, the Western US and Canada, most of Japan, the Eastern coast of Australia, and more will all have total visibility. The further east you move in the US, for example, the lower the visibility, with those on the east coast falling around right in the middle in terms of what they'll see. NASA has made its visibility chart publicly available.

In addition to providing information on availability (the eclipse starts at 4AM EDT), NASA also plans to live chat through the event starting at 3AM in the same time zone, continuing on until sunrise. The day before this starts, NASA will hold an AMA on Reddit from 4 to 5PM EDT for you to get your questions in.

SOURCE: NASA