People to witness "blood moon" on October 8

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 7, ARMENPRESS: A total lunar eclipse is set to rise above people across a large swath of the world Wednesday, October 8. Armenpress reports, citing Space.com that weather permitting, people in North America, Australia, western South America and parts of East Asia will be able tosee the total lunar eclipse. Sometimes, when the moon dips into Earth's shadow during an eclipse, the natural satellite takes on a coppery-red color, leading some people to dub it a "blood moon." The eclipse should reach totality just before sunrise at about 6:25 a.m. EDT (1025 GMT) on the east coast of the United States.

This total eclipse is part of a so-called tetrad of lunar eclipses set to take place from 2014 to 2015. The first total eclipse in the tetrad took place in April 2014, and the next eclipse will occur in April 2015 with the last in the tetrad set for Sept. 2015.