Blood Moon over Botany

On Tuesday 2 March, we were lucky to experience a total lunar eclipse and Blood Moon. This is the only one for the year and we won't see another one until 2028.

I took this photo through my telescope in my backyard in Botany.

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth moves directly between the Sun and the Moon, casting its shadow across the full face of the Moon and turning it red (commonly known as a “Blood Moon”). It can only occur during a full moon, when the Sun, Earth, and Moon line up in near-perfect alignment — known astronomically as a syzygy.