What is a “blood moon”?
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In fact, the fog grew so heavy that even the street lights could not be seen.
And the third feature will account for the reddish tint that earns the title of blood moon. That coincides with a full lunar eclipse where the moon, Earth and sun will be lined up, with Earth’s shadow totally obscuring the moon. In addition, this lunar eclipse completes what is called a lunar tetrad, a sequence of four total lunar eclipses each separated by six lunar months.
The rare celestial show will be playing tonight on the world’s biggest screen – the night sky.
Around 2 AM BST on Monday morning, the Earth’s shadow passed directly in front of the Lunar disc, turning it a rich shade of crimson. Tonight will be the last eclipse of the tetrad.
The supermoon, which comes around once every year, will appear 14% larger and 30% brighter in the sky that evening before it is engulfed by an eclipse for more than an hour.
It is the first first supermoon eclipse in 30 years since 1982 and next won’t happen until 2033. Stargazers on the East Coast of the United States were particularly well positioned to see it based on weather conditions and the convenient time of night it occurred. To ask a question, use the #askNasa hashtag. The moon turns red during an eclipse because the sunlight is refracted, similar to the way it is bent during a sunset.
The moon’s closeness will make the moon look 14-percent larger and 30-percent brighter, says NASA. The edge of Earth appears fuzzy because the atmosphere blocks different amounts of light at different altitudes.
Astronomy Professor Henry Stratmann says the moon is going to disappear; but not really.
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Also called a Blood Moon this eclipse will last for about 1 hour and 12 minutes.
