Wednesday Morning’s Lunar Eclipse Will Create ‘Blood Moon’

The second (and last) total lunar eclipse of 2014 will be happening early Wednesday morning, just before sunrise here in the Eastern Time Zone. During the eclipse, the moon will appear a coppery red color, which is referred to as a "blood moon". The moon will appear red because of all the sunsets and sunrises from the Earth that will reflect onto the moon's surface. 

You won't need a paper plate with a hole cut in it to view it (like you did when you were a kid to view the solar eclipse), so feel free to stare directly at the moon. Binoculars or a telescope will improve the view, though.

A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth and the full moon form a nearly straight line so that the full moon passes through Earth's shadow.

Officially, the total eclipse will start at 6:25 a.m. ET and continue until 7:24 a.m. ET.

[ABC News]