{"id":158826,"date":"2026-02-10T20:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/158826\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T20:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:14:07","slug":"how-the-blood-moon-captivates-skywatchers-in-west-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/158826\/","title":{"rendered":"How The Blood Moon Captivates Skywatchers In West Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the\u00a0morning of March 3rd, we are in for a celestial treat. A rare Blood Moon will peak here in Lubbock<\/a> at\u00a07:17 AM, but what will it look like for us?<\/p>\n

The Blood Moon In Lubbock<\/p>\n

Folks on the West Coast of the U.S. will get to see a total lunar eclipse; however, those of us in West Texas will see a partial one. It will look like a reddish “bite<\/a>” was taken out of the bright, full moon. In other words, it will look very spooky and cool, and I’m here for it. The Blood Moon only happens once every one to three years, so make sure you see it if you can.<\/p>\n

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Lubbock Loves A Blood Moon<\/p>\n

For the past twenty years, Lubbock has been home to Blood Moon Manor, the flagship haunted attraction at Nightmare on 19th Street<\/a>. The massive haunted house\u00a0blends spooky Victorian haunted rooms, a New Orleans cemetery, an industrial grinder area, and many other frightening elements to create an immersive and memorable experience.<\/p>\n

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Blood Moon In Folklore<\/p>\n

The blood moon was a folkloric element <\/a>in many ancient cultures worldwide.<\/p>\n

The Inca believed the lunar eclipse meant that Mama Quilla, the moon goddess, was being attacked by a jaguar.\u00a0Mesopotamians also feared the moon was being attacked, and would hide away their king for fear he should be attacked too. Some North American tribes also believed the moon was wounded at this time.<\/p>\n

In India, the blood moon was seen as a bad omen, so food and drink were covered so the moon would not contaminate it. Pregnant women did not eat during that time for fear it could harm the baby.<\/p>\n

Some African cultures\u00a0believed it was an argument between the sun and the moon, getting closer to the actual astronomy of the event, when the Earth passes directly between these two.<\/p>\n

The Christian Bible references the Blood moon, too: \u201cthe Sun will turn into darkness, and the Moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bad omen or rare celestial sighting? I’ll let you decide.<\/p>\n

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Gallery Credit: Renee Raven<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the\u00a0morning of March 3rd, we are in for a celestial treat. A rare Blood Moon will peak…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-158826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}