If you consider yourself an expert skywatcher, Wednesday's celestial event will test your skills.

Early Wednesday morning, a sliver of the moon will slip into Earth's shadow during what is known as a penumbral lunar eclipse, according to Space.com. That means we won't see the red-shaded moon we normally see during a total lunar eclipse, but much of the world should still have the chance to see a piece of the moon become darkened during the event.

The moon is seen prior to the penumbral eclipse starting on Sept. 28, 2015 in Somerset, England.

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Should the weather cooperate, much of the central and western United States will be able to see this eclipse, Space.com added.

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Every lunar eclipse is a result of the Sun, Earth and moon lining up so our planet's shadow covers up the moon, but with a penumbral lunar eclipse, the moon will only move through the outer part of the Earth's shadow, known as the penumbra, according to USA Today. During Wednesday morning's eclipse, 78 percent of the moon's southern section will go into the shadows, National Geographic said.

Universe Today said the eclipsewill begin Wednesday morning at 5:39 a.m. EDT, is expected to peak at 7:48 a.m. and will end at 9:55 a.m.

After this eclipse, the next two will also be penumbral eclipses, in September 2016 and February 2017, Space.com also said. The next total lunar eclipse will take place in January 2018, the report added.

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A Bangladeshi man watches a partial solar eclipse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. Bangladeshi and Indian people in northeast and eastern coastal strip of the sub-continent viewed a partial solar eclipse as a total eclipse of the sun unfolded over Indonesia on Wednesday, briefly plunging cities into darkness and startling wildlife. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad)