If you were awake between the hours of 9:30 last night and 2 o’clock this morning, you might have noticed a peculiar solar formation.
If you were asleep, you might have missed a Total Lunar Eclipse, also known as the Blood Moon. This form of solar pattern happens when the moon moves into the Earth’s shadow and can only occur when the Sun, Earth and Moon are exactly, or very closely, aligned with the Earth between them. This form of eclipse can only happen on the night of a full moon.
Last night’s eclipse began at approximately 9:30 p.m. and lasted until 2:50 a.m. this morning, which was a total duration of five hours and 19 minutes. The total eclipse happened at approximately 12:11 a.m. this morning.
The next total lunar eclipse is scheduled for the morning of November 8th at 4:09 a.m.
Photos from the eclipse are available below. If you have photos from the eclipse, you can share them in the comments section of this story on our Facebook page.
