--- title: Total Lunar Eclipse: How to Watch description: You'll have to stay up late to watch the first total lunar eclipse visible across the U.S. since December 2010 canonical: https://time.com/60397/lunar-eclipse-watch/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-12T15:16:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T07:16:43.153Z article:section: Science og:title: Total Lunar Eclipse: How to Watch og:description: You'll have to stay up late to watch the first total lunar eclipse visible across the U.S. since December 2010 og:url: https://time.com/60397/lunar-eclipse-watch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5cd1bfbd139765f/69868a63169ab05f24278c84/476869543.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 476869543 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Total Lunar Eclipse: How to Watch twitter:description: You'll have to stay up late to watch the first total lunar eclipse visible across the U.S. since December 2010 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5cd1bfbd139765f/69868a63169ab05f24278c84/476869543.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How to Watch This Week's Total Lunar Eclipse by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Apr 12, 2014 3:16 PM UTC  August 28, 2007 - Total lunar eclipse taken near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. August 28, 2007 - Total lunar eclipse taken near Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Apr 12, 2014 3:16 PM UTC You can watch the first [total lunar eclipse](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/04/11/301958755/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-next-week-throughout-north-america) visible throughout North America in more than three years early next week — if you’re willing to stay up late. The total eclipse will peak around 3 a.m. E.T. on April 15 and will be visible throughout the U.S., NPR reports. The U.S. Naval Observatory’s page has a [handy link](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/04/11/301958755/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-next-week-throughout-north-america) that allows you to input your city and figure out exactly when you’ll see the eclipse. Expect to see the moon dimly lit in a deep orange or red glow for over an hour, rather than completely blacked out. From the moon’s perspective, the Earth completely hides the sun for an hour and 18 minutes. Next week’s eclipse will be the first of its kind since December 2010. \[[_NPR_](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/04/11/301958755/total-eclipse-of-the-moon-next-week-throughout-north-america)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/60397/lunar-eclipse-watch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/60397/lunar-eclipse-watch/"},"headline":"How to Watch This Week's Total Lunar Eclipse","datePublished":"2014-04-12T15:16:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:16:43.153Z","description":"A total lunar eclipse, in which the moon becomes dimly lit in an orange or red glow for about an hour, will be visible across the U.S. for the first time since December 2010 — but you'll have to stay up late to catch it","url":"https://time.com/60397/lunar-eclipse-watch/","keywords":["astronomy","moon","Eclipse"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5cd1bfbd139765f/69868a63169ab05f24278c84/476869543.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5cd1bfbd139765f/69868a63169ab05f24278c84/476869543.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"476869543","caption":"476869543","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/astronomy/","name":"astronomy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/60397/lunar-eclipse-watch/","name":"How to Watch This Week's Total Lunar Eclipse"}}]}] ```