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Brandon Specktor

How to watch the Sept. 7 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse if you're in America

An illustration showing the moon getting progressively darker and then turning red during a total lunar eclipse.

This Sunday night (Sept. 7-8), Earth will pass directly between the sun and the full Corn Moon to trigger the year's second and final total lunar eclipse.

Spanning more than five hours, the celestial event will peak with an impressive 82-minute totality phase, when Earth's massive inner shadow will plunge the moon's entire near side into a reddish darkness — earning it the eerie nickname "blood moon."

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