Daily News | ‘Blood Moon’ eclipse in the Philly skies will make Election Day history early Tuesday
ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff PhotographerIf you’re up for it, the early-morning skies over much of North America on Tuesday are hosting a spectacular show in which the moon will disappear and then assume a reddish-copper blush during the first total eclipse ever to coincide with a U.S. Election Day.
Here’s the rub, however: Save for those with a case of pre-election sleeplessness or early risers: The timing isn’t the best for Philadelphians and other Easterners. The sun, Earth, and moon align in such a way that the latter crosses into our planet’s shadow, known as the umbra, and the moon takes on that reddish hue, thus the term “Blood Moon.”
The moon will enter Earth’s outer shadow, or penumbra, at 3:02 a.m., and as the shadow progresses the moon will be in partial eclipse at 4:09 a.m.
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