A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth lies in
between the sun and the moon. This means the sun's light is blocked by
the Earth, and the moon passes into its shadow.
A full moon rises behind the Temple of Poseidon before a lunar eclipse in Cape Sounion, near Athens, Greece
The reddish appearance of the lunar surface - the
moon's image does not vanish entirely during an eclipse - is due to rays
of sunlight passing through Earth's atmosphere as the moon falls into
our planet's shadow.
The fullest "blood moon" eclipse was visible from Europe, Russia, Africa, the Middle East, much of Asia and Australia though clouds blocked out the moon in some places
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