Blood moon, total lunar eclipse to dazzle western U.S. on Wednesday morning.
Where skies are clear, everyone will see the full moon, but it will be rusty red in the western U.S. due to the eclipse.
If you glance skywards during the predawn hours Wednesday and the moon is bathed in an eerie red glow, don’t be alarmed. Parts of the western U.S. will be treated to a total lunar eclipse early in the morning, while skywatchers coast to coast can enjoy a bright full moon.
Some are even calling it a “super flower blood moon," making reference to its apparent size in the sky, the abundance of blooms at this time of year and the color the moon will turn during the eclipse.
While most of the eastern U.S. will miss out on the total lunar eclipse, much of the Northeast, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic will be treated to a sunrise partial solar eclipse on June 10, during which a fiery amber crescent will hang in the sky.
Eclipses occur when one celestial object blocks another, casting a shadow known as an “umbra.” During a solar eclipse, the moon passes between the Earth and sun, plunging our planet’s landscape into a nocturnal darkness. Lunar eclipses, which are much more widely seen, result from Earth blocking sunlight from reaching the moon.'
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