Early risers on the East Coast watched as an ominous Blood Moon seeped into the horizon amid a total lunar eclipse.
The moon began to slip behind the Earth at 3:02 a.m. Eastern time. By 4:09 a.m., the partial eclipse caused the moon to look like there was a bite taken out of its surface.
At 5:17 a.m., the moon began touting its red cloak in total eclipse. Viewers watched the spectacle for just under 90 minutes.This is the second time the moon was draped in red this year. In any given year there are a minimum of two lunar eclipses and a maximum of four, Geoff Chester, an astronomer and public affairs officer at the U.S. Naval Observatory, told The Washington Post. If there are two in one year, both tend to be total lunar eclipses.
“Twice a year, somebody somewhere on the planet will see a total lunar eclipse if it’s a year where we have two eclipses,” Chester said.Rick Rycroft/AP
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