On Saturday, the moon will be eclipsed by the Earth’s shadow, possibly turning it blood-red during totality.
If atmospheric conditions on Earth are right, Saturday’s lunar eclipse may turn the moon’s surface a blood red.
So, we see total lunar eclipses when the sun, Earth and moon are in a perfect line and beyond Dec. 10, this won’t happen until 2014. We will have lunar eclipses between now and then, but they will only be partial or even “penumbral” when the moon will just skirt through the lighter part of the Earth’s shadow.
