This Years First Total Eclipse

The year's first total eclipse of the moon will last an unusually long time. But you probably won't get to see it. Wednesday's lunar eclipse will be visible for five and a half hours, but only to people in eastern Africa, central Asia, the Middle East and western Australia. The period when the Earth's shadow completely blocks the moon will last an hour and 40 minutes. NASA eclipse expert Fred Espenak at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland says the eclipse will last extra long because the moon is passing closer to the center of the Earth's shadow. It will be April 15th, 2014 before the continental U.S. will be able to see another total lunar eclipse.