INDIANAPOLIS — NOTE: Scroll down to watch the eclipse live.
Something cool is happening in our sky early Friday morning - the longest partial lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years will be visible.
A lunar eclipse is where the earth is in between the sun and the moon. The earth casts a shadow onto the moon. While this won't be a full eclipse, 97% of the moon will enter the darkest part of the earth's shadow, allowing only 2.7% of the moon to be visible.
The eclipse will begin at 2:18 a.m. The maximum lunar eclipse will occur at 4:02 a.m., with 97 percent of the moon in darkness. The partial lunar eclipse will end at 5:47 a.m. Friday.
To view the eclipse, start out by looking toward the southwest sky at 1:02 a.m. At the maximum partial eclipse at 4:02 a.m., look to the west, half way up in the sky. The partial eclipse will be most noticeable between 2:18 a.m. to 4:02 a.m. You can view it plainly with the naked eye.
Here is a graphic from Butler Observatory on the timing of the eclipse.
The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles is providing a narrated live stream of the eclipse. Watch in the player below: