After this 'blood moon,' our natural satellite will not fully disappear into Earth's shadow again for nearly three years — until a rare trifecta of total lunar eclipses in 2028–29 ends the drought.

If you didn't catch the "blood moon" Sept. 7-8 from your backyard in the United States, there's a perfectly good explanation — it wasn't visible in North America. The moon took on a striking red color for millions of people in Europe, Africa, Asia and ...