(Might be worth a reminder in your calendar, subject to a favourable weather forecast for that evening).
UK visible Total Lunar Eclipse (deep red Moon):
Sunday 7 September 7:33 pm BST:
"During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon usually turns a deep, dark red because it is illuminated by light that has passed through the Earth's atmosphere and has been bent back towards the Moon by refraction."
"How often do lunar eclipses happen?
A lunar eclipse happens between two to five times a year, with a total lunar eclipse occurring at least two every three years."
Explanation and graphics in an article by Royal Museums Greenwich:
BBC articles and images about previous Total Lunar Eclipses:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=Total+lunar+eclipse&d=NEWS_PS
UK Natural History Museum (and National Geographic YouTube video) on the subject:
www.nhm.ac.uk/.../lunar-eclipse-guide-what-they-are-when-to-see-them-and-where.html
I thought admiring the deep red moon of a Total Lunar Eclipse on a late Summer evening might be something more restful to look forward to ...following that afternoon's UK Emergency Alert Test Message to mobiles.
Sunday evening on 7 September - is still early enough in the year that we (UK) may be fortunate with nice weather.
Maybe worth finding a hill with a good view clear to the Eastern horizon (preferably in an area without much artificial lighting).
Well, if nothing else, it sounds like a decent excuse for a late Sumner picnic supper outdoors - I am thinking; perhaps with: a thermos flask of cocoa / hot chocolate / coffee / tea / soup to drink?).
Was anyone here able to take a good photograph of a previous Total Lunar Eclipse?
