Everything you need to know about the full moon lunar eclipse tonight

Much of the world will get to witness the spectacle of a total lunar eclipse on Sunday night.

A total lunar eclipse happens when the Earth passes between the moon and the sun, briefly aligning in a way that completely shadows the moon.

A full moon lunar eclipse happens in three phases. The first phase is the penumbral phase when the moon starts to enter Earth’s shadow. Then the partial phase begins, when a part of the moon enters the deep part of…