By NASA
November 10, 2022
This composite picture, which was made from 10 images, shows the progression of the Moon throughout a total lunar eclipse above the Vehicle Assembly Building on November 8, 2022, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsk
In the morning hours of November 8, 2022, there was a total lunar eclipse. It will be the last overall lunar eclipse for a few years, as the next will not take place till March 14, 2025..
This composite image was made from ten images captured on the morning of November 8, 2022. It reveals the progression of the Moon during an overall lunar eclipse above the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Mars shows up trailing the Moon in this composite.
Throughout a lunar eclipse, Earths environment scatters sunlight. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio.
For North America, the partial eclipse began at 4:09 a.m. EST (1:09 a.m. PST), with totality beginning at 5:16 a.m. One function of an overall lunar eclipse is the Moons red shade during totality. The red color occurs because of the refraction, filtering, and scattering of light by Earths environment.
It reveals the progression of the Moon throughout an overall lunar eclipse above the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Throughout a lunar eclipse, Earths atmosphere scatters sunlight. One feature of a total lunar eclipse is the Moons red shade throughout totality.