NASA said stargazers across North America won't need any special equipment to view the event.
will begin at 11:29 p.m. ET. Then the entire event will end at 1:55 a.m. ET the next morning, May 16. The eclipse will be visible in the Americas, Europe and Africa. . That’s when Earth lines up between the moon and the sun, hiding the moon from nearly all of the sunlight but allowing just enough light through to turn the moon a deep red color.
The moon will also appear larger than usual, about 17%, which is also called a "supermoon." NASA defines a supermoon when the moon’s orbit is closest to Earth at the same time the moon is full. The moon’s distance at the point is about 226,000 miles from Earth. The term was first coined in 1979, according to NASA. Scientists said its hard for people to to detect a supermoon visually.
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