This combination of pictures shows the moon in various stages of the Blood Moon during a total lunar eclipse in Christchurch, New Zealand on November 08, 2022. On Tuesday evening people across Australia and New Zealand could see a total lunar eclipse. The next set of lunar eclipses after this one will be visible from this region on March 14, 2025 according to NASA. A lunar eclipse happens when the moon travels through Earth's shadow. The Earth blocks the sunlight from reaching the Moon, and instead light is bent through the Earths atmosphere, casting a reddish hue over the Moon. (Photo by Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Total lunar eclipse visible before dawn over North America Tuesday
People across Asia caught the moon's disappearing act Tuesday – there won't be another like it for three years.
The total lunar eclipse was visible throughout North America in the predawn hours and across Asia, Australia and the rest of the Pacific after sunset.
Known as a blood moon, the moon appeared a reddish-orange from the light of Earth's sunsets and sunrises.
At the peak of the eclipse, the moon was 242,740 miles (390,653 kilometers) away, according to NASA scientists.
It's the second total lunar eclipse this year; the first was in May. The next one won't be until 2025.
Plenty of partial lunar eclipses will be available in the meantime.
By — Associated Press
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