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An astronomical event where the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow on the Moon.
During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon can appear reddish due to Earth's atmosphere scattering sunlight.
The Moon turns a deep red color because sunlight bends through Earth's atmosphere.
Lunar eclipses only occur during a full moon when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned.
There are three types: total, partial, and penumbral, depending on how much of the Moon is covered.
Lunar eclipses only happen during a full moon when the alignment is precise.
From Latin 'lunaris' (moon) + 'eclipsis' (disappearance).
The term is used in astronomy to describe the event, not in everyday language.