Stunning view of yesterday's total solar eclipse! Check out this video from yesterday's total solar eclipse, when the moon pass directly in front of the sun. It happened from 8:38 to 8:42 p.m. EST March 8. As the moon passed precisely between the sun and Earth – a relatively rare occurrence that happens only about once a year because of the fact that the moon and the sun do not orbit in the exact same plane – it blocked the sun’s bright face, revealing the tenuous and comparatively faint solar a

Take a look at this: the greatest lunar eclipse occurred at 9 p.m. on Sunday night. It only happens when the moon is moved to the shadow of the earth as the sun rotates to the other side of our planet. | CBS LA

Ready for the #LunarEclipse? The Moon will slip into Earth's shadow for a couple of hours overnight. For U.S. East Coast observers, the partial eclipse begins a little after 2 a.m., reaching its maximum at 4 a.m. For observers on the West Coast, that translates to beginning just after 11 p.m., with a maximum at 1 a.m. More details in the video and at: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatching/ | NASA Solar System Exploration