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All you need to do to enjoy Sunday night’s total lunar eclipse is look up — and bundle up.

The full moon will pass in and out of the Earth’s shadow over the course of 3 hours and 17 minutes, but you won’t want to stand outside for that long.

That’s also when the coldest air so far this season will be arriving in central Virginia.

When will I see the eclipse?

For Richmond, the partial eclipse will begin at 10:33 p.m., and a shadow will gradually spread across the full moon over the next hour.

The moon will take on a rusty red appearance during the period of total eclipse from 11:41 p.m. to 12:43 a.m.

Then, the shadow will take about another hour to slip away and the partial eclipse will end at 1:50 a.m. Monday.

Unlike the solar eclipse, you don’t need any special viewing equipment (though it’s always interesting to examine the surface details of the moon through binoculars or a telescope). The only gear you’ll truly need is cold weather gear.

Will clouds get in the way?