A total lunar eclipse made its way across the U.S. Thursday night

A total lunar eclipse will be visible on Thursday night or early Friday morning, with the moon appearing reddish as it passes through Earth’s shadow.

A total lunar eclipse was visible across the U.S. on Thursday night and early Friday morning, with the moon appearing a deep reddish color as it passed through the Earth’s shadow.

The eclipse began around midnight ET, with totality — when the Earth’s shadow fully covers the moon — lasting just over an hour, from 2:26 a.m. ET 3:32 a.m. ET, according to Earth Sky. The full process continued until around 6:00 a.m. ET.

The eclipse was visible across most of North and South America, as well as the western halves of Africa and Europe, the eastern parts of Australia and Russia and northern Japan.

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth and moon align in space with Earth in the middle, leading it to cast a shadow on the moon.

A total lunar eclipse over central Wisconsin on Friday.Gabi Broekema / USA Today NetworkThe stages of the total lunar eclipse over Savannah, Ga., between 1:00 and 4:00 a.m. on Friday.Richard Burkhart / Savannah Morning News / USA Today NetworkDuring that time, the moon appears to turn a reddish hue, which is why the event is sometimes referred to as a “blood moon.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/total-lunar-eclipse-rcna196251

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