Photo: Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse

FREMONT, CA — Sunday night brought a total lunar eclipse, highly anticipated by sky watchers, but blotted out in much of the Bay Area as a storm moved through. But Fremont resident Arup Kumar De managed to get this beautiful shot. He told Patch, "It was cloudy and raining most of the time, but lucky enough to watch the golden moment almost clear. Photo taken from my backyard."

How did the super blood wolf moon get its long name? A total lunar eclipse, which only happens during a full moon, occurs when the Earth moves between the sun and the moon, blocking the sunlight normally reflected by the moon, NASA explains. The Earth's shadow falls on the entire moon and the orb takes on a dark red or copper color — hence the "blood moon" part of this celestial event — as it is illuminated by sunlight filtered and refracted by the Earth's atmosphere. Supermoon is a recently popularized term describing the phenomenon that occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon's closest approach to Earth, or perigee — it will appear larger than normal.

Thank you for sharing this exceptional photo, Arup.

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