Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...
The “blood moon” name comes from the deep reddish hue it takes on when it slips into the Earth’s shadow for just over an hour.
The next full moon will be on Saturday, April 12. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 8:22 p.m. EDT (0022 GMT April 13), but local moonrise times vary depending on location.