(Atlantic) The Moon’s total eclipse started at 8:32 p.m. on Sunday and ended at 1:50 a.m. this morning. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth’s shadow. The Lunar Eclipse can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are exactly or very closely aligned with Earth between the other two, which can happen only on the night of a full moon when the moon is near either lunar node.
The Penumbral started at 8:32 p.m. when the Earth’s penumbra touched the moon’s face, then came the partial eclipse at 9:27 p.m., showing a red tint on the moon, which became utterly red at around 10:29 p.m. The total eclipse occurred at 11:53 p.m.
(Photo courtesy of Jay Robinson)
