Quote Originally Posted by Cezanzo View Post
It's a lunar eclipse read this:
Lunar eclipses occur when Earth passes between the sun and the moon, blocking the sun's light. The event is rare because the moon spends most of its time either above or below the plane of Earth's orbit.
Although it will pass completely under Earth's shadow, light from the sun will still reach the moon after being refracted through Earth's atmosphere, giving the moon an eerie dark reddish tinge.

how can it be though...there was one either last year or the yr before that, though i missed it...and i was outside!! . and its once every x amount of years...it cant be this year can it?