{"id":93679,"date":"2025-08-26T10:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T10:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/93679\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T10:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T10:12:07","slug":"how-to-see-a-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse-over-suffolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/93679\/","title":{"rendered":"How to see a blood moon lunar eclipse over Suffolk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The phenomenon will create a red or orange hue, hence the name Blood Moon.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This is because it will be illuminated by light that has passed through the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere and been bent back towards the Moon.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The full lunar eclipse is expected to be visible from the UK on Sunday, September 7.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The eclipse\u2019s maximum will occur at 7.33pm,\u00a0as the eclipse&#8217;s actual maximum at 7.11pm happens when the Moon is below the horizon.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Moon will then gradually move out of Earth&#8217;s shadow until 9.55pm.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  As the Moon will be low on the horizon and difficult to see, find a high point with a clear view\u00a0to see the most of this eclipse.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Also, use binoculars or a telescope for a closer look, and use a red torch to preserve your night vision.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Viewings of the eclipse will depend on the weather, as cloudier conditions make it harder to spot.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The rare blood moon was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eadt.co.uk\/news\/24998435.rare-blood-moon-visible-uk-suffolk-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">visible across the county in March and was even bigger and brighter than usual.\u00a0<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>  What is a Blood Moon?<\/p>\n<p>\n  A Blood Moon is a red coloured full moon that happens during a lunar eclipse.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This happens when the Earth moves between the moon and the sun, casting a shadow on the moon.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Then the moon looks\u00a0red because the light from the sun must pass through the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A Blood Moon can only occur during a full moon, when the sun fully illuminates the moon&#8217;s surface.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The phenomenon will create a red or orange hue, hence the name Blood Moon. This is because it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-93679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}