Unlike a solar eclipse, which is too bright to look at directly and must be viewed with special eye protection or via its reflection or shadow, the moon is merely reflecting the sun’s rays and is safe to gaze upon.
This strange sight is the result of a partial lunar eclipse, in which the full moon passes out of the sun’s rays and into the shadow cast by the Earth.
Those in the UK won’t see the eclipse in its totality so viewers will need look up at the sky early in the morning to see the transformation.
(Owen Humphreys/PA)] People in North and South America will see the process in its entirety, those in Europe will see the beginning an middle phases and those in Asia will see the end, astrologers predict.
A penumbral eclipse, when the moon passes into the earth’s outer shadow.
