It ’s October , which means it ’s spooky time of year and in some fantastic astronomical timing , the Sun , Moon , and Earth have all lined up to give us a Blood Moon partial lunar eclipse this weekend , where the Earth will seem to take a bite out of the Moon like a cosmic lamia .

Lunar occultation pass off when the Earth and Moon ’s orbits equal up to position Earth directly between the Sun and the Moon , with the light of the Sun being blocked by Earth , which casts its trace across the lunar Earth’s surface . During a entire lunar eclipse , Earth ’s shadow covers the entire Full Moon , but during a partial eclipse , only part of the Moon will be in shadow , hence the coming into court our planet is taking a “ bite ” out of our satellite .

The partial lunar eclipse is set to occur on October 28 - 29 and will be visible from Europe , North America , parts of South America , Australia , Africa , Asia , the Pacific , and some region of the Arctic and Antarctic . To happen specific sentence for your locations , you could employ TimeandDate ’s interactiveeclipse mapor vigil as theystream it go .

Thepenumbral occultation – when the Moon passes through Earth ’s almost shadow – will be visible for around an hour each side of the fond occultation . It ’s due to last around 4 hours and 25 mo from beginning to remainder of all the eclipse phases , although the good poppycock will only last around 1 hour , 17 instant . During this metre , about 6 percent of the Moon ’s surface will be cover by Earth ’s umbra ( shadow ) .

Eclipses always come in duet , so this weekend ’s follows the ring-shaped solar occultation , well known as a “ tintinnabulation of flaming ” eclipse , seen across much of North and South America on October 14 . The next dyad is the penumbral lunar eclipse on 24 - 21 December 2024 follow by the entire solar occultation on April 8 .

As for the Blood Moon part ? It ’s not a properBlood Moon , we just savour a flair for the dramatic . line of descent Moons are when the Moon appears crimson during a total lunar eclipse due to the Sun ’s light dispel through Earth ’s standard pressure . However , in some cultures , October ’s Full Moon is sleep with by other name calling , such as the Hunter ’s Moon or Blood Moon .

PS . Sorry werewolves , a fond lunar eclipse does n’t make the Moon any less full .