When this happens, the only light that reaches the moon’s surface is from the edges of the Earth’s atmosphere. The air molecules from Earth’s atmosphere scatter out most of the blue light. The remaining light reflects onto the moon’s surface with a red glow, making the moon appear red in the night sky.
The celestial phenomena will be least partly visible anywhere on the night side of the planet, the lunar eclipse itself will last approximately 15 minutes. Make a plan for next Wednesday and hopefully the weather will cooperate. More from NASA HERE.
To wet your whistle watch this NASA Telescope footage of a Blood Moon from back in 2018:
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