IT IS worth waking up to catch this rare phenomenon - a blood
red moon from 3.25am to 5am tomorrow.
This event is known as a total lunar eclipse where the Moon is
completely in the Earth's shadow.
Because the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon, only red
light from the Sun is able to reach the Moon's surface.
The blood moon can be seen by the naked eye and does not require
telescopes. For a few hours, other planets such as Saturn, Venus,
Jupiter and Mars will also be visible.
This total lunar eclipse is especially rare for Singaporeans
because the entire process of the Moon being covered and uncovered
by the Earth's shadow will be visible here.
The last such eclipse was in 2004 and the next will be in 2018.
To see the process, Singaporeans must have a clear view of the sky
in the west.
-- ST
