A full lunar eclipse completed its course leaving star gazers gaping at the 'Blood Moon'. The blood moon, and lunar eclipse was clearly visible from Canada, United States, and Australia, while India saw a partial eclipse. Seen here: Blood moon
This eclipse was the second in a series of four total lunar eclipses that occur in six-month intervals and known as a 'lunar tetrad'.
A passenger airliner crosses the full moon, also known as the Hunter's Moon, a few hours prior to the beginning of a total lunar eclipse that will create an effect known as the Blood Moon, in Whittier, Ca.
A lunar eclipse dips beneath the Sunsphere in Knoxville, Tenn. Photo: AP
Only when the moon was totally eclipsed did the redness appear. The total eclipse was also to last about an hour, and ditto for the return to its normal colour. The total eclipse happened at 6am on the US east coast.
The early phase of the eclipse began at 4am, on the east coast of the United States.
According to the Huffington Post, scientists say that the moon will appear 5.3 per cent larger than the previous ‘blood moon’ since the eclipse is occurring two days after the moon was nearest to Earth.
A lunar eclipse appears over the old red Dallas County Courthouse.
During the total lunar eclipse, light beams into Earth's shadow, filling it with a coppery glow that gives it a red hue.
At Miami, the Earth's shadow begins to fall on the moon during a total lunar eclipse, as it goes behind a weathervane shaped like a Spanish galleon on the Freedom Tower. Photo: AP