Lunar eclipse - early Tuesday morning
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| Courtesy National Weather Service - Fort Worth, Texas |
Grand Prairie will witness a rare winter solstice lunar eclipse early Tuesday morning.
Starting at 12:32 a.m. and reaching a total eclipse from 1:40 a.m. to 2:53 a.m., the lunar event ends at 4:02 a.m.
The moon will remain visible throughout the eclipse and obtain a red or copper color. These colors occur as residual light rays from the sun that are bent by the Earth's atmosphere.
The last lunar eclipse that occurred on the winter solstice was 372 years ago.
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth predicts skies over Grand Prairie should be mostly clear with just a few thin high clouds possible.
The next lunar eclipse will not be visible here until 2014.
