That's why total lunar eclipses are sometimes called the "blood moon." This will be the first total lunar eclipse in nearly two-and-a-half years. The red color comes from the light of all the ...

The Moon does not make its own light. "Moonlight” is actually reflected sunlight. At any moment, half of the Moon is brightly sunlit (this is the day side). The other half is in the dark (this ...

The red hue is a result of red wavelengths of light illuminating the moon during the eclipse. The first total lunar eclipse in two and a half years will be visible from Florida this week — a ...