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Track the moon phase today with our interactive moon phase calculator. Get details on the current moon phase and the next full moon phase.

 

Get ready for the Blood Moon Schedule! Discover when to see the enchanting red moon in the night sky and mark your calendar.

 

As of 7:02 a.m. ET the Moon has officially exited Earth?s umbra marking the end of totality. The deep coppery red of the Blood Moon is now fading as the lunar disk slowly returns to its familiar white glow though the event remains in its final partial phases for another hour.

 

A blood moon is a total lunar eclipse seen from the night side of Earth when the Moon passes through Earth?s deepest shadow and turns a deep copper or red. The color is not symbolism. It is sunset light refracted through Earth?s atmosphere and projected onto the Moon?s surface the same physics that turns the western sky orange every ...

 

A Blood Moon is the term commonly used to describe a total lunar eclipse. Somewhat rarer than a Blue Moon the name refers to the reddish hue the full moon takes on when cast into shadow by the Earth.

 

September's full moon is approaching and avid stargazers won't want to miss a chance to see the blood moon. The full moon on Sept. 7 coincides with a total lunar eclipse meaning the sun ...

 

A total lunar eclipse turns the full moon deep red ('blood moon'). Here's when the next one is where it's visible and what causes the color.

 

A total lunar eclipse happens when the Moon travels through the Earth?s umbra which blocks all direct sunlight from illuminating the Moon?s surface. However some red light still reaches the lunar surface indirectly via the Earth?s atmosphere bathing the Moon in a reddish yellow or orange glow.