A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, October 8, 2014,[1] with an umbral magnitude of 1.1670.

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow.

Occurring about 2.2 days after perigee (on October 6, 2014, at 5:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

[3] The following simulation shows the approximate appearance of the Moon passing through the Earth's shadow.

The southern portion of the Moon was closest to the center of the shadow, making it darkest, and most red in appearance.

The eclipse was completely visible over northeast Asia, eastern Australia, the Pacific Ocean, and western North America, seen rising over Asia and much of Australia and setting over North and South America.

Viewers in North America experienced the eclipse after midnight on Wednesday, October 8, and the eclipse was visible from the Philippines, western Pacific, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, and eastern Asia after sunset on the evening of October 8.

Many areas of North America experienced a selenelion, able to see both the sun and the eclipsed moon at the same time.