The "Blood Moon" is a phenomenon that is only observed every couple of centuries, when the normal reflected light of the sun is occluded by the earth and the moon is illuminated only by the light coming off of the Earth and other bodies in space. This is also a lunar eclipse, and according to Yahoo News, it will be highly visible to people in the United States tonight, September 27th of 2015, starting at 8PM Eastern Time. Unfortunately, a good deal of the inhabitants of North America will be unable to see it due to extensive cloud coverage, inclement weather, or bad timing, but it will be a sight to see for all those lucky souls who turn their eyes to the stars tonight.
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| In this graphic from Sky and Telescope, you can see which areas are most likely to be able to see the entire eclipse. This covers much of North America, All of South America, Africa, and Europe, and much of Asia. |
Enjoy yourselves!
For more information about weather in your part of North America, or a longer discussion of the phenomenon of the Blood Moon, check out this piece featured on Yahoo News:
http://news.yahoo.com/total-lunar-eclipse-us-weather-forecast-see-blood-155743736.html
Here is additional discussion of the event on space.com:
http://www.space.com/30480-rare-super-harvest-blood-moon-to-shine-on-september-27-2015-video.html
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