The entire moon route split its way across the United States on Thursday night

The overall lunar eclipse was visible throughout the United States Thursday evening and early Friday morning, with the moon appearing in a deep reddish color as it passed through the shadow of the earth.

The eclipse began around the middle of the night in Eastern time, with a total – When the Earth’s shadow is completely covered – it lasts slightly over an hour, from 2:26 am 3:32 am, According to the Earth’s sky. The full process lasted until about 6:00 am East time.

The eclipse was visible in most North and southern America, as well as the western half of Africa, Europe and the eastern parts of Australia, Russia and northern Japan.

The total eclipse of the moon occurs when the sun, the earth and the moon in space with the Earth in the middle, lead to dumping a shadow on the moon.

During that time, it seems that the moon runs a reddish color, and for this reason the event is sometimes It is referred to as “blood satellite”.

The reason is related to the way the sunlight travels through the Earth’s atmosphere. Blue light, which contains shorter wavelengths, is more easily easily, while the longest wavelengths of red light make it likely to go through. (The same process also explains the reason for the appearance of orange sunset and the blue sky.)

Unlike the solar eclipse, all stages of the lunar eclipse are safe to display with the naked eye. Although perspectives and telescopes enhance opinion, they will be easily visible without them.