This week’s lunar eclipse will be the first witnessed in high-def from the moon itself — technically a solar eclipse on the moon — thanks to a lunar lander. “I cannot wait for this to happen,” said astronomer Michelle Nichols of Adler Planetarium.

If you miss this total lunar eclipse, the next visible total lunar eclipse in Chicago will be a year from now in March 2026.

A Sun-Times photographer joined stargazers at Montrose Harbor as the Earth’s shadow began to move across the moon early Friday.