The moon exhibits a deep orange glow as the Earth casts its shadow in a total lunar eclipse as seen in Manila, Philippines, before dawn Thursday in a June 2011 eclipse. Bullit Marquez/AP

Thanks to National Public Radio (USA) for this notification of one of the occasional wonders of the universe, brought to a night sky near you, if you are in one of the lucky places. In Kerala we will be watching over the water from the deck of the restaurant, 51, at Spice Harbour :

Get Ready For The Third Installment In The Lunar Eclipse Tetrad

SCOTT NEUMAN

North Americans could get a glimpse of the Earth shadowing the moon (very) early Saturday — the third in a series of four lunar eclipses that began nearly a year ago. But only those on the West Coast, in the Pacific or Asia will have a chance at seeing the full show.

Like the previous three in the tetrad, as the four-eclipse cycle is known, this one too will be a “blood moon,” thanks to Rayleigh scattering.

In Washington, D.C., for example, the penumbral eclipse — a noticeable darkening of the moon’s face — will begin sometime at 5:35 a.m. EDT, according to Sky and Telescope magazine. A partial eclipse will begin about 40 minutes later, but the moon will set before totality…