June’s full moon will pass nearly directly through the center of Earth’s shadow today in a very rare, total eclipse that lasts an incredible 100 minutes. There have only been three other lunar eclipses of this length in the past 100 years. The moon will appear 10,000 to 100,000 times dimmer than normal, almost 3D. Unlike total solar eclipses, which can be seen only from a narrow track of territory, lunar eclipses are visible from half of the globe at once.

University of Colorado scientist Richard Keen explained to SpaceWeather.com:

“The moon will pass deep into Earth’s shadow during totality, actually passing over the center of the shadow at mid-eclipse. As such, it should be a fairly dark eclipse. Furthermore, it appears that last week’s eruption of the volcano in Chile may have placed some sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. The ash and sulfur plume is extensive and dense, with ash reported at least as high as 13.7 km. Particles in the southern stratosphere could cause a darkening of the southern part of the moon during totality.”

Unfortunately, those here in Boston and all of North America for that matter, will not be able to see the eclipse. It will occur from 3:22 p.m. to 5:02 p.m. EST, and thanks to the Internet you can still see it over live video. We scoured the web for live webcast coverage, which are slated to hit these outlets and others:

India is one of the countries most excited about witnessing the eclipse, and they have prime viewing. They will witness this Central Lunar Eclipse (again, a rare cosmic show, where the moon crosses through the center of the earth’s shadow). From 1900 to 2010, 155 Lunar Eclipses took place, with just 30 that could be seen from the country (the last one being in 1978, and the next one in 2018).

When can you expect to see an eclipse like this again? Another total lunar eclipse will occur and be visible to the Western US and Canada this December. You can watch a time lapse of the last lunar eclipse that occurred this past December 2010 here to get a better sense of what to expect today, or visit this blog to see a visual interactive of the total eclipse here.

Here is base information and timing related to today’s total eclipse, compliments of NASA (download in full here):

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