Get up before dawn to see supermoon eclipse Wednesday morning

The Moon will pass through Earth's shadow before sunrise on Wednesday, May 26. The partial eclipse begins at 4:47 a.m. and will be visible until moonset for much of the central and eastern United States, while a total eclipse will be visible from more western states.

Look for the Moon near the western horizon, the clearer your horizon is of trees and buildings, the more of the eclipse you will see. You may notice a slight darkening as the Moon passes through the Earth's penumbral, or brighter, shadow beginning before 5 a.m.

The partial eclipse begins at 5:44 a.m and is visible until moonset.

This is being called the super flower Moon eclipse.

The May full moon is traditionally known as the flower moon, from the name Algonquin Native American peoples used in reference to abundant flowers blooming across their lands across the northern US and Canada.

May's full moon is also a supermoon, the second or third of the year depending on who you ask, because it reaches full phase a little more than 9 hours after it reaches perigee, the closest point in its orbit.

You may have also heard that this will be the biggest supermoon of the year, while technically true, it won't be noticeable. The Moon will be about 100 miles closer to Earth when it turns full on Wednesday, but this increases its apparent size in the sky only by 0.05%.