Early Wednesday morning onlookers will be treated to a total lunar eclipse.
The moon will pass through the Earth's shadow on Oct. 8 and may appear to be a deep shade of red, making it a "blood moon." Stargazers in Asia and America could also get to see the moon and Sun sharing the sky at the same time, NBC News reported.
The eclipse is one in a series of four spread out across an 18 month period. An eclipse occurred in April, but this moon will be 5.3 percent larger than it was during that event, NASA reported. During the lunar eclipse the moon passes inside the Earth's shadow and casts a coppery shadow on its face.
The stunning eclipse will be viewable from the Pacific Ocean and regions immediately bordering it, including the one-third of North America, as well as some of Canada, South American, Australia, Asia, and all of New Zealand. The blood moon will not be visible from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
On the East Coast of the U.S. the moon will begin at 6:25 a.m, EDT and will be visible from 3:25 a.m. to 4:24 a.m. PDT for West Coasters.
"It promises to be a stunning sight, even from the most light polluted cities," said NASA's longtime eclipse expert Fred Espenak. "I encourage everyone, especially families with curious children, to go out and enjoy the event."
There is very little ash from volcanoes in our atmosphere at this time, so the blood moon should be especially brilliant.
"Despite some recent eruptions that look spectacular from the ground, there have been no large injections of volcanic gases into the stratosphere," Keen said. "In the absence of volcanic effects, I expect a rather normal reddish-orange lunar eclipse similar in appearance to last April's eclipse," Richard Keen of the University of Colorado said, NASA reported.
