The last total lunar eclipse, until 2021, occurred Sunday night, and early Monday morning. It began after 10:30 p.m. The eclipse took more than three hours. And it was visible in West Columbia under perfectly clear skies, although it was a cold winter’s night, with temperatures in the 30s.

It was  the first supermoon of the year. That’s when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter because of its slightly closer position.

Totality – when the moon is completely covered by the Earth’s shadow – lasted an hour. During a total lunar eclipse, the eclipsed, or blood moon turns red from sunlight scattering off Earth’s atmosphere.