A lunar eclipse will take over the skies early Saturday morning and can be seen across the United States in varying degrees.
This is the third eclipse (in a series of four), and it is the shortest lunar spectacle to occur in the last century. It will only last for about four minutes and 43 seconds, NASA experts said.
Christians consider the rare celestial spectacle to signify the return of Christ, according to the New York Daily News.
In the King James Bible, a passage reads, "the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord comes," (Joel 2:31).
Texas pastor John Hagee told the Mirror that the eclipse can represent "something dramatic."
"The end of this age is coming," Hagee said.
According to experts, it is most visible in Eastern Australia, Japan, Northeastern Russia, Hawaii and in states west of the Mississippi River.
The lunar eclipse will begin at 3:16 a.m. Pacific time. At this hour, the edge of moon skims the core of Earth's shadow, and that's the event that causes the red hue.
New Yorkers and residents on the East Coast will be able to see the beginning stages of a partial eclipse before sunrise around 6:16 a.m.
The moon will be bright and extra bloody, so no telescope is needed.
The fourth and final blood moon will occur on Sept. 28, 2015.
