In the Americas alone more than one billion people in 35 countries could bear witness to the total lunar eclipse.

Miguel Riopa/AFP via Getty Images A full moon, also known as the "Blood Moon," is seen during a partial eclipse in the sky over Lake George near the Australian capital city of Canberra on March 14 ...

Javier Torres / AFP via Getty Images A full moon, also known as the "Blood Moon," is seen during a partial eclipse in the sky over Lake George near the Australian capital city of Canberra on Friday.

As the Full Worm Moon rose overnight ... Photographer Izhar Khan captured the "Blood Moon" over Lake George near Canberra, Australia. Photographer Brandon Bell took this lovely detailed photograph ...