Watch as the Earth's shadow darkens half the moon's face during a partial lunar eclipse today. A live feed provided by the Slooh Space Camera collaboration will broadcast the event starting at noon PST/3:00 p.m. EST.

The celestial show is the first lunar eclipse in 2013 and will also be one of the fastest lunar eclipses of this century, lasting only 27 minutes. Observers in North America won't even get the chance to watch the short-lived eclipse because it will only be visible from Eastern Europea, Africa, Asia, and Western Australia. Sky-watchers in those areas will be able to watch as the Earth's shadow travels over the moon, eventually covering its northern half. Only a tiny sliver of the moon will enter the deepest part of Earth's shadow, where it will get stained red from sunlight refracting through the Earth's atmosphere.

The rest of the world can catch the action from the comfort of their computer desks thanks to Slooh's telescope in Dubai. Slooh will have astronomer Lucie Green from the Mullard Space bet365体育赛事 Laboratory in the U.K. on hand to discuss the event. The eclipse peak should occur around 1:07 p.m. PST/4:07 p.m. EST. Next month, an annular solar eclipse will be visible over Australia and the Pacific Ocean.

You might have heard that tonight's moon will be called a Pink Moon. Despite the colorful name, it has nothing to do with a lunar color change but rather refers to a full moon that occurs in April, coinciding with the arrival of spring. Different names are given to an April full moon, such as the Seed Moon. But the fact that this event is widely known as a Pink Moon is a great excuse to listen to the Nick Drake song of the same name.