SUPERMOON LUNAR ECLIPSE SUNDAY NIGHT

Coming for the first time in more than 30 years is a “supermoon” in combination with a lunar eclipse. Sunday evening residents in the Morongo Basin will be able to see—assuming the skies are clear—the moon rising above the horizon in the early stages of the eclipse. The eclipse officially begins at 6:07 p.m.; moonrise is about 6:30 p.m.The moon will be be completely in the earth’s shadow at 7:11, and the full eclipse will last for one hour and 12 minutes before it starts to leave the earth’s shadow. The moon will take on a reddish color during the eclipse. The moon is called a “supermoon” because the moon’s orbit will be at its closest to the earth this year. The moon will appear 14 percent larger, and 30 percent brighter. A supermoon eclipse will not appear again until 2033.