{"id":326930,"date":"2026-03-03T16:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/326930\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:31:07","slug":"blood-moon-2026-rare-full-moon-lights-up-skies-today-science-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/326930\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Moon 2026: Rare full moon lights up skies today | Science | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rare Blood Moon phenomenon was visible in the sky for some on March 3. Today&#8217;s rare total lunar eclipse was the last time people could spot a <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Blood Moon 2026 date and time - how to see total lunar eclipse from UK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\/2176323\/blood-moon-2026-date-time\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blood Moon<\/a> until New Year&#8217;s Eve in 2028. However, not everyone in the world will be able to enjoy the lunar show.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Brits, it will only be visible in North America, East Asia, Australia and New Zealand &#8211; where a full <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Moon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/moon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">moon<\/a> will coincide with a total lunar eclipse. The UK did get to enjoy the first full Moon of the spring &#8211; known as the Worm Moon &#8211; on Monday night. It will also appear full on Tuesday night into Wednesday, and with lots of clear skies forecast, it&#8217;s the perfect opportunity to witness the spectacle.<\/p>\n<p>THIS LIVE BLOG IS NOW CLOSED. READ OUR COVERAGE BELOW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rare Blood Moon phenomenon was visible in the sky for some on March 3. Today&#8217;s rare total&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[121146,61,60,6185,82,247],"class_list":["post-326930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-blood-moon","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-moon","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326930","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=326930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}