What is a Blood Moon? The total lunar eclipse on Election Day won’t occur again until 2025
Halloween may seem is coming back for second helpings as an eclipse will turn the sky red while Americans go the polls. Ominous.
Tuesday, 8 November, will be going down in history whatever happens on election day, but amateur astrologists will be pleased that the day coincides with a stunning lunar eclipse. The moon will break out into a red hue early in the morning.
The phenomenon that takes place when the Earth, the Sun and the Moon align in a way that leaves the whole of the Moon in the darkest part of the Earth’s shadow, known as the umbra. The word ‘blood’ refers to the reddish hue the Moon will take on from our perspective during the eclipse, because of the way the Sun’s light waves interact with our atmosphere before reaching the Moon.
The difference between this and a solar eclipse is for the latter it is the moon which obstructs the sun.
Due to complex positioning of various space objects this will be the last lunar eclipse until March 14, 2025, according to NASA.
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How can the blood moon be seen?
The blood moon will be visible are Asia, Australia, North America and the Pacific.
The eclipse will begin at 3:02 a.m., being fully red from 3:16 a.m. Many people will be in bed at that time of the morning meaning only the hardiest of explorers will get a chance to see. that or workers at night..
The spectacle will last one hour and 25 minutes.