After all the excitement of the solar eclipse, it's good to know that there will be an excellent follow-up this September.
On the 28th September, with a maximum at 3,47 am, there will be a Total Eclipse of the Moon.
This is where the a full Moon will move into the Earth's shadow and become darkened.
Because light can still reach the Moon by being refracted by the Earths atmosphere, the moon does not go totally dark. However, it does usually turn red as it is the red part of the Sun's white light that is refracted the most and reaches the Moon.
I wonder what a lunar eclipse would look like to someone who is watching it from the surface of the Moon?
Here is a link to details about this upcoming eclipse
http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/ireland/dublin?iso=20150928
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