Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-25565811-20170120101550/@comment-25565811-20170122213317

''JimMoriartyX wrote: ... is a blood moon, which is when the moon has a red tint ...''

Which is exactly what the moon does in a lunar eclipse in real life. It doesn't get pitch black, only blood (or copper) red. It's because the atmosphere of the earth guides light around it, so the moon is still in this sunlight. It gets red, because of the same refraction effect, that shows up at sunset/sunrise/moonset/moonrise. If you don't know in advance, you probably won't notice a lunar eclipse in most cases.