A Blood Moon lunar eclipse will light up UK skies tonight. Here’s when to see it

The UK is about to see a stunning, strange “blood Moon lunar eclipse” – though it comes with a catch.A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth moves between the full Moon and the Sun. As the Earth blocks out the light hitting the Moon, it changes it so that the lunar surface looks much darker and redder than usual, giving it its informal name.Here’s everything you need to know about the lunar eclipse, when and how to see it and why it happens.The lunar eclipse will arrive early in the morning on 28 August, appearing on this month’s full Moon, which known as the Sturgeon Moon. It will begin at 3.33am local time, and reach its peak at 5.12am, when 90 per cent of the Moon will be covered.As such, the lunar eclipse is only “partial”. But it will be enough to cause the light-scattering effect that