However, one key question forms the basis of the conversation: What's the difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse? Here's everything you need to know about how the positions of Earth, the moon and the sun combine to create some of the sky's most spectacular events.

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the moon moves into Earth’s shadow, and this eclipse will last for just over an hour. But you’ll need to be a night owl (or an early riser) to catch it, it happens from 1:26 a.m. to 2:32 a.m. Central Time.