Jerrymsigwa
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Where and when to see Tuesday nights blood moon

Red, red moon ... a file picture taken in Manassas, Virginia, shows the moon during the peak of a total eclipse on December, 21, 2010. Picture: Karen Bleier
RELAX: the lunar god is not really angry with us, despite appearances to the contrary this week. The harvest will not be affected, and no virgins need be sacrificed to appease his terrible wrath.
The moons orangey-red appearance this week is due to a syzygy or a perfect alignment of three celestial bodies of the sun, the Earth and the moon.
National Geographic explains that the moons red colouring is due to sunlight passing through the Earths atmosphere and refracting to the red end of the spectrum.
Lunar eclipses do not happen every month, because of the moons tilted orbit around us. Their frequency varies widely: from one every few years to five in a year.
Tuesday nights eclipse will be the first in a tetrad, or series of four. Subsequent eclipses will occur on October 8 this year and April 8 and September 28 next year.

Red, red moon ... a file picture taken in Manassas, Virginia, shows the moon during the peak of a total eclipse on December, 21, 2010. Picture: Karen Bleier
RELAX: the lunar god is not really angry with us, despite appearances to the contrary this week. The harvest will not be affected, and no virgins need be sacrificed to appease his terrible wrath.
The moons orangey-red appearance this week is due to a syzygy or a perfect alignment of three celestial bodies of the sun, the Earth and the moon.
National Geographic explains that the moons red colouring is due to sunlight passing through the Earths atmosphere and refracting to the red end of the spectrum.
Lunar eclipses do not happen every month, because of the moons tilted orbit around us. Their frequency varies widely: from one every few years to five in a year.
Tuesday nights eclipse will be the first in a tetrad, or series of four. Subsequent eclipses will occur on October 8 this year and April 8 and September 28 next year.
