{"id":7885,"date":"2022-05-16T03:56:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T07:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=7885"},"modified":"2022-05-16T03:56:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T07:56:50","slug":"overnight-lunar-eclipse-impresses-at-jersey-shore-storms-moving-in-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2022\/05\/overnight-lunar-eclipse-impresses-at-jersey-shore-storms-moving-in-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight Lunar Eclipse Impresses at Jersey Shore; Storms Moving in Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"[videopress iWa7ZnMe]\n<p>A total lunar eclipse was visible from the Shore area Sunday night into Monday morning, with the peak of the event having occurred at 12:11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called \u201cblood moon\u201d can be seen during an eclipse because the sun\u2019s rays pass through the earth\u2019s atmosphere before reaching the celestial body, scattering blue and green colorations and leaving a shade of red visible, resources from NASA said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11353\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_4134-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11353\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11353\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_4134-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The May 16, 2022 lunar eclipse. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The May 16, 2022 lunar eclipse. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The eclipse ended at 2:49 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>While clear skies allowed for a perfect view of the eclipse overnight, forecasters warned of storm systems that would be passing through the region during the day Monday \u2013 and ultimately into Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAreas of fog, some of which could be dense, are possible on Monday,\u201d a special weather statement said. \u201cScattered severe thunderstorms are also possible on Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the NWS forecast, the fog will lift by 10 a.m., but a chance of showers and thunderstorms is possible all day Monday, most likely after 5 p.m. Otherwise, it will be mostly cloudy with a high near 75 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Showers and thunderstorms will roll through the area by 9 p.m., with an 80 percent chance of precipitation, which could be heavy during thunderstorms. Still, rain totals are expected to be relatively low, since the storms will be localized and isolated.<\/p>\n<p>Sun will return Tuesday, with a high of 76 degrees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2022\/05\/overnight-lunar-eclipse-impresses-at-jersey-shore-storms-moving-in-monday\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[videopress iWa7ZnMe] A total lunar eclipse was visible from the Shore area Sunday night into Monday morning, with the peak of the event having occurred at 12:11 a.m. The so-called \u201cblood moon\u201d can be seen during an eclipse because the sun\u2019s rays pass through the earth\u2019s atmosphere before reaching the celestial body, scattering blue and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[1080,1591,11],"class_list":["post-7885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment-weather","tag-featured","tag-lunar-eclipse","tag-toms-river-nj-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_4134-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}