{"id":13736,"date":"2014-04-14T10:21:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T16:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=13736"},"modified":"2014-04-14T10:21:58","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T16:21:58","slug":"total-lunar-eclipse-to-bring-blood-moon-on-tax-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/astronomy\/total-lunar-eclipse-to-bring-blood-moon-on-tax-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Total lunar eclipse to bring \u2018blood moon\u2019 on Tax Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 384px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-n16IZhQFwAE\/U0wKI2f_CfI\/AAAAAAAAB-U\/B7HKw-zzRQ8\/s800\/Eclipse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" alt=\"Diagram of the April 14 \/ 15, 2014 total lunar eclipse. Click for a larger view. ( Fred Espenak, http:\/\/www.MrEclipse.com)\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-n16IZhQFwAE\/U0wKI2f_CfI\/AAAAAAAAB-U\/B7HKw-zzRQ8\/s640\/Eclipse.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"303\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram of the April 14 \/ 15, 2014 total lunar eclipse. Click for a larger view. ( Fred Espenak, http:\/\/www.MrEclipse.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For those willing to forgo a bit of sleep tonight, a gaze skyward will provide a look at the first lunar eclipse of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The entire celestial event will be visible from Colorado beginning at 11:58 pm tonight as the partial eclipse begins.\u00a0 Totality occurs at 1:07 am MDT on the morning of April 15 and lasting until 2:25 am.\u00a0 The event will be over at 3:33 am.<\/p>\n<p>Current weather forecasts for Thornton and the Denver metro area show that we should have mostly clear skies tonight allowing prime viewing of the event. \u00a0It will however be quite cold with temperatures in the mid to upper 20s. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/forecast-point.php\">Check our 48 hour point forecast for what to expect<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During totality, the moon will be rendered orange \/ red as the Earth\u2019s shadow envelops the moon.\u00a0 Many are calling this a \u2018blood moon\u2019 but the meaning behind that term isn\u2019t exactly clear.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/earthsky.org\/space\/what-is-a-blood-moon-lunar-eclipses-2014-2015\" target=\"_blank\">written on EarthSky.org<\/a>, some attribute it to the lunar tetrad \u2013 four successive full lunar eclipses without any partial eclipses.\u00a0 Tonight\u2019s eclipse begins the lunar tetrad with each full lunar eclipse coming six months apart.<\/p>\n<p>The blood moon as it pertains to these eclipses should not be confused with the October full moon which is also referred to as a blood moon in folklore.<\/p>\n<p>Also note that Mars is at its closest point to Earth in 6 years.\u00a0 The red planet will be visible at about the 2:00 position in relation to the fully eclipsed moon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov\/OH\/OH2014.html#LE2014Apr15T\">NASA: Total lunar eclipse of April 15<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mreclipse.com\/LEdata\/TLE2014Apr15\/TLE2014Apr15.html\">MrEclipse.com: Total Eclipse of the Moon: April 15, 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/25479-total-lunar-eclipse-2014-skywatching-guide.html\">Space.com: First Total Lunar Eclipse of 2014: The Complete Skywatcher&#8217;s Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mreclipse.com\/LEphoto\/LEphoto.html\" target=\"_blank\">MrEclipse.com: How to photograph a lunar eclipse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/photographylife.com\/how-to-photograph-a-lunar-eclipse\" target=\"_blank\">PhotographyLife.com: How to photograph a lunar eclipse<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5gzgSuJM5O8?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those willing to forgo a bit of sleep tonight, a gaze skyward will provide a look at the first lunar eclipse of 2014. The entire celestial event will be visible from Colorado beginning at 11:58 pm tonight as the partial eclipse begins.\u00a0 Totality occurs at 1:07 am MDT on the morning of April 15 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/astronomy\/total-lunar-eclipse-to-bring-blood-moon-on-tax-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Total lunar eclipse to bring \u2018blood moon\u2019 on Tax Day<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[474,327],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13736"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13738,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13736\/revisions\/13738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}