Blood Moon or Total Lunar Eclipse on 4. April 2015

Blood Moon or Total Lunar Eclipse on 4. April 2015

Blood Moon or Total Lunar Eclipse on 4. April 2015. The rim of our earth-planet is on fire (sunset), transforming the moon into a great red orb. This total lunar eclipse phase lasts only about 5 minutes, the shortest lunar eclipse of the century. From beginning to end, it will last for 3 hours and 29 mins. This is the third eclipse in the 2014–2015 tetrad. The lunar eclipse is called a tetrad when there are 4 lunar eclipses in total within a year.