If you live in the NJ/NYC area, you might've had a hard time viewing the Super Blue Blood Moon – the rare combination of a Blue Moon, Supermoon and Total Lunar Eclipse – when you woke up this morning.

A lunar eclipse becomes visible when the partial phase starts, which is when the Moon begins to enter the Earth's inner shadow. Here in Jersey City, the partial phase began at 6:48 am. But at that time, day was already breaking and the Moon was almost set, so it's possible there wasn't much to see.

On social media, however, people have been sharing their fantastic photos from all over the world:

Visitors to LSC's Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium and LSC Giant Dome Theater have a front row seat to this whole astronomical event. We're currently covering this topic in our live planetarium show, Wonders of the Night Sky, as part of our LSC Space News Now breaking news section.