A rare and stunning astronomical event is set to occur on the nights of September 7 and 8, 2025. A total lunar eclipse, also ...

The full moon blushes coppery red as stray bits of sunlight filter through Earth’s atmosphere. During a partial lunar eclipse, Earth’s shadow appears to take a bite of the moon.

3:31 a.m. EDT: Totality ends. The moon’s disc begins to pass out of the earth’s shadow, and the red color of the occluded region begins to fade. 4:47 a.m. EDT: The moon exits the moon’s umbra.

The so-called "blood moon," as the moon turned a reddish-orange color, was visible for about an hour starting at 1:26 a.m. CT Friday. Peak viewing happened close to 2 a.m. CT.

The full moon blushes coppery red as stray bits of sunlight filter through Earth's atmosphere. During a partial lunar eclipse, Earth's shadow appears to take a bite of the moon.

According to NASA, the Moon will appear to turn red when it passes into Earth’s shadow on the night of March 13 or early in the morning of March 14, depending on your time zone. “ ...

A Blood Moon will occur on the night of March 13-14. This phenomenon occurs during a lunar eclipse when the Earth aligns between the sun and a full moon, causing the moon to pass through Earth's ...

The total eclipse turned the moon a rusty red as the Earth passed between the moon and sun, casting a shadow over the moon's surface on November 8, 2022.

The Moon is moving away from Earth at about 1.5 inches per year, meaning it is slowly appearing smaller and smaller in our sky. One day, eclipses — lunar and solar alike — will cease to exist.

NASA explains it this way: “In a total lunar eclipse, the entire Moon falls within the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, called the umbra. When the Moon is within the umbra, it appears red-orange.