Blood Moon
Set your alarm clocks Wednesday morning. The second Blood Moon of the year will be visible in North America.
The full eclipse will start at 6:25 a.m. EDT and last until 7:24 a.m, according to NASA.
Full lunar eclipses are often called “blood moons” because of the reddish tint they adopt as sunsets and sunrises seen from Earth reflect onto the surface of the moon.
Because this eclipse will happen two days after a lunar perigee, which is the point when the moon is nearest to Earth, NASA says the moon will appear 5.3 percent larger than the previous “blood moon,” which occurred on April 15.
This eclipse marks the second in a series of four lunar eclipses in a row, known as a “tetrad.” We’ll experience just eight tetrads this century, according to the Washington Post, and we won’t experience the next tetrad until around 2032 or 2033.
Check out The Photographer’s Ephemeris to find out when the full moon will be setting at sunrise in your area. You will be able to get a good shot of the moon with details in the foreground and background lit by the ambient light from the sun rising. If you check things out you can get some good results. The image below was shot last November here in Longmont.
Moonset on Longs Peak
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