The Moon gets its special color from the sunlight reflected from the Earth’s atmosphere onto the Moon’s shadowy surface.
The Blood Moon’s coincident with the Supermoon event is rarely observed. This means that the Moon is at its closest point to Earth in its orbit and appears larger than normal.
The super blood Moon was clearly visible after 05:29, when the total lunar eclipse began and the event became visible in the Western hemisphere.
About an hour and a half later, the only sunlight reaching the Moon passed through Earth’s atmosphere, turning our satellite red.
In Europe, the eclipse could only be observed for a short time, as it coincided with the setting of the Moon. However, there was a visual feast in the areas under open skies in the Americas.
“We will actually see all the sunrises and all the sunsets on Earth at the same time. All of this light will be projected onto the Moon,” astronomer Dr Gregory Brown at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London told the BBC ahead of this rare event. said and added:
“If you were an astronaut looking towards Earth from the Moon, you would see a red ring circling outside our planet.”