{"id":326858,"date":"2026-03-03T15:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/326858\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:35:10","slug":"worm-moon-to-be-visible-to-skygazers-across-north-of-uk-on-tuesday-evening-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/326858\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Worm moon\u2019 to be visible to skygazers across north of UK on Tuesday evening \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The second full moon of the year will delight skygazers across large parts of the UK on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The first full moon of spring, known as the worm moon, will be most visible from Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/weather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/weather\/\">cloudier conditions<\/a> expected in the south.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Moon appeared red in parts of Asia, Australia, North America and South America earlier on Tuesday as it coincided with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/astronomy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/astronomy\/\">full lunar eclipse<\/a> \u2013 also known as a blood moon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">But the worm moon will lose the distinctive colouring as it comes into view across the UK as the eclipse reached totality at around 11.30pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/dups-edwin-poots-to-host-seachtain-na-gaeilge-shindig-at-stormont-UIOEFYD5RVA7FISZSYKM54J4VE\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"DUP&#x2019;s Edwin Poots to host Seachtain na Gaeilge shindig at Stormont\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TMWKKFV7BFLMJMFGSTS6EEET2A.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/udr-uvf-murder-squad-wanted-to-reactivate-three-years-after-good-friday-agreement-signed-HAWWR6M2P5AU5AB4KEBK54SNBU\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"UDR-UVF murder squad wanted to &#x2018;reactivate&#x2019; three years after Good Friday Agreement signed \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5B5CUYS2GVEPHBMSDJMCLRF3EY.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hoping to see the &#8216;Worm Moon&#8217; tonight? \ud83c\udf15<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s plenty of clear skies out there tonight, but cloudy for some \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3JzKyYtvqF\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3JzKyYtvqF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Met Office (@metoffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metoffice\/status\/2028817845283401984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Dr Ed Bloomer, senior astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, said: \u201cIn the UK, we don\u2019t get to see the eclipse portion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s below the horizon for us. You get to see the Moon tonight, but you miss the bit where it reddens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The worm moon is thought to take its name from worms who escape from the soil to mate during the spring, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The blood moon appears red as the Moon lines up with Earth and the sun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Light escapes the eclipse and is scattered through Earth\u2019s atmosphere, causing the reddening effect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Dr Bloomer said: \u201cThe Earth acts a little bit like a prism. Most light gets blocked out, but some light gets through, but it\u2019s been refracted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Dan Suri, chief operational meteorologist at the Met Office, said: \u201cThis evening, skies will be clearest across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThere will be some, albeit less extensive and less reliable, clear skies over parts of southern England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cInbetween, conditions will be cloudier, with some of this cloud spreading into Northern Ireland, northern England and southern and western Scotland during the early hours of Wednesday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second full moon of the year will delight skygazers across large parts of the UK on Tuesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[61,60,6185,2443,82,9036,1577,151294],"class_list":{"0":"post-326858","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-moon","11":"tag-northern-ireland","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-worm-moon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}