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Sign up here to be in-person for the the NASA Science Live broadcast of the total lunar eclipse on Sunday, May 15. NASA Science Live is being filmed at the Goddard Visitor Center. Please arrive by 10:30 p.m. and plan to stay through the broadcast ending at midnight. This opportunity is available to NASA employees and their guests.
Bring a blanket or chairs and spread out in the Visitor Center Rocket Garden to watch the lunar eclipse and be part of the audience for the NASA Science Live broadcast on NASA-TV.
This lunar eclipse is sometimes called "Blood Moon" because the Moon appears reddish when passing through the Earth's umbra. No special equipment is needed to see it (although binoculars or a telescope will enhance the view and the red color.) The Moon enters the Earth's penumbra beginning at 9:32 p.m. ET., seen as a very subtle effect. At 10:27 p.m. ET, the Moon begins to enter the Earth's umbra and a partial eclipse is visible. The total eclipse begins at- 11:29 p.m. ET, and the Moon exits the Earth's umbra at 12:53 a.m. ET (May 16). The eclipse completes at 2:50 a.m. ET (May 16).
NASA Science Live will be broadcast from the Goddard Visitor Center to NASA-TV from 11:00 p.m. ET to 12:00 a.m. During the broadcast, subject matter experts will explain the eclipse phenomena and answer questions from in-person guests and those posted on Twitter using #AskNASA.
For more information about the eclipse, go here: https://moon.nasa.gov/news/172/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-lunar-eclipse/
If you need accommodations to participate in this event, please contact Merechia Davis, disability program manager in the Goddard Equal Opportunity Programs Office, at 301-286-0561 or merechia.n.davis@nasa.gov.