BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 14, 2021
The longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years coming up this week. It will last 6 hours. The last time humans watched Earth’s closest celestial neighbor go nearly dark that long was in the year 1440. Back then, the Incas were still building Machu Picchu and Christopher Columbus was more than 50 years from making it to the Americas. The good news is that Mainers will be able to see almost the entire celestial show. The bad news is that if it’s cloudy, they won’t see anything. The eclipse will happen late Thursday into early Friday morning.