The moon took on an eerie blood-red hue early Tuesday during the first total lunar eclipse of 2014, a celestial sight that wowed potentially millions of stargazers across North and South America. (But not us.)
Unfortunately a lot of the rest of the country saw this & I will have to rely on the pictures because the snow was coming down so hard & the skies were all cloudy & gray here so one could barely see out the back window much less the see the moon.
The total lunar eclipse of April 15 lasted about 3.5 hours between late Monday and early Tuesday, with the Earth's shadow slowing darkening the face of the so-called "Blood Moon" in a jaw-dropping sight for stargazers willing to stay up extra late or rise super-early for the event.
Lunar eclipses occur when the moon is full and passes through part or all of the Earth's shadow. Total lunar eclipses happen when the moon is totally enveloped by Earth's shadow, darkening the face of the moon. Because the moon's orbit is tilted, it does not perfectly align with Earth and the sun every month so lunar eclipse happens.
The next total lunar eclipse of 2014 will occur on Oct. 8, followed by another on April 8, 2015 and the last total lunar eclipse of the current tetrad on Sept. 28, 2015.
I have my calendar marked & I'm hoping its not snowing or cloudy on those nights too! We are also supposed to have 2 "rings of fire" this summer with rings around the moon but I've seen that already.
"We'll never again for the rest of our lives see a total eclipse of the moon on the same night as the closest approach of a bright planet like Mars (red planet)," Berman said.
Ok Mother Nature I'm giving you another chance! But I'm just warning you I'd like to see this in my life time.
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