{"id":499995,"date":"2026-03-02T22:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/499995\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T22:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:11:10","slug":"how-a-total-lunar-eclipse-will-cause-a-full-blood-moon-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/499995\/","title":{"rendered":"How a total lunar eclipse will cause a full blood moon in March"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n A total lunar eclipse<\/a> will turn the moon a deep reddish-orange on Tuesday for sky-gazers in Asia, Australia, the Pacific Islands and the Americas.\n <\/p>\n

\n This event, often referred to as a blood moon, occurs when Earth moves directly between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the satellite\u2019s surface and causing it to appear crimson, according to NASA<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

\n This eclipse is the last of three consecutive total lunar eclipses, said Dr. C. Alex Young, associate director for science communication in the heliophysics science division at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The first of these total lunar eclipses occurred in March 2025<\/a> and the second took place in September 2025<\/a>. If you\u2019re able to catch the upcoming eclipse, you should make an effort to do so, he added, as the next total lunar eclipse won\u2019t occur until December 31, 2028.\n <\/p>\n

What to look for and when<\/p>\n

\n For the nearly 1 in 3 people on Earth who can observe totality, the point at which the moon is fully in Earth\u2019s shadow, \u201cyou don\u2019t need a fancy telescope to witness this! Just head outside, look up, and enjoy the view,\u201d Young said. If you want to enhance your experience, you can use binoculars or a small telescope to help sharpen the details, he noted.\n <\/p>\n

\n However, visibility depends on the weather as clouds may obscure the view.\n <\/p>\n

\n The eclipse will be visible from Asia, Australia, the Pacific Islands and the Americas simultaneously, but the local time of the event\ufeff will depend on your time zone. The penumbral lunar eclipse, which occurs as the moon moves through the Earth\u2019s subtle outer shadow, causing faint dimming of the satellite, begins at 3:44 a.m. ET. Then, a partial eclipse, the phase during which the bright full moon is partially covered by Earth shadow, starts at 4:50 a.m. ET. The total eclipse will be visible starting at 6:04 a.m. ET.\n <\/p>\n

\n During the peak of the event, at 6:34 a.m. ET, viewers can expect to see the most intense reddish color. \u201cIf you only have time to look at one part, this is what to aim for,\u201d Young said.\n <\/p>\n

\n The total eclipse will end at 7:03 a.m. ET as the moon starts to leave Earth\u2019s shadow, after which a partial eclipse followed by a penumbral eclipse will be visible again. The event concludes at 9:23 a.m. ET.\n <\/p>\n

\n To check timing in your area, see Time and Date\u2019s website<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

\"People<\/p>\n

\n While NASA often refers to this full moon as the blood moon, the event goes by many names, which can reflect seasonal changes or animals, according to the Farmers\u2019 Almanac<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

\n As the soil warms in early spring, worms and insects emerge from dormancy, giving rise to the name \u201cworm moon,\u201d which has been used by groups across America and Europe, according to the Farmers\u2019 Almanac<\/a>.
The Ojibwe, or Chippewa, tribes near the Great Lakes refer to the March full moon as the \u201csnow crust moon\u201d or \u201chard crust on the snow moon,\u201d referencing the snow that thaws during the day but refreezes during the cold nights.\n <\/p>\n

\n The moniker \u201csore eye moon\u201d is used by several Native American tribes including the Sioux, Lakota, and Assiniboine of the Great Plains and Dakotas. The name originates from the sun reflecting off the snow causing eye soreness.\n <\/p>\n

\n This year, sky-gazers will get to see two full moons in May, making 13 full moons for the year. Because a full moon happens every 29.5 days and most months are longer than that, sometimes two full moons occur in one month, creating the blue moon phenomenon roughly every 2.5 years.\n <\/p>\n

\n Here are the remaining full moons of 2026, according to the Farmers\u2019 Almanac<\/a>:\n <\/p>\n

\n April 1: Pink moon\n <\/p>\n

\n May 1: Flower moon\n <\/p>\n

\n May 31: Blue moon\n <\/p>\n

\n June 29: Strawberry moon\n <\/p>\n

\n July 29: Buck moon\n <\/p>\n

\n August 28: Sturgeon moon\n <\/p>\n

\n September 26: Harvest moon\n <\/p>\n

\n October 26: Hunter\u2019s moon\n <\/p>\n

\n November 24: Beaver moon\n <\/p>\n

\n December 23: Cold moon\n <\/p>\n

Future lunar and solar eclipses<\/p>\n

\n After the upcoming blood moon, the next eclipse, a total solar eclipse, will take place on August 12. It will be visible from Greenland, Iceland, Spain, Russia and a small portion of Portugal, with a partial solar eclipse visible in Europe, Africa and North America, according to NASA<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

\n The event will kick off this year\u2019s second eclipse season. Eclipses come in pairs and sometimes trios, referred to as seasons, with a solar eclipse always accompanied by a lunar eclipse roughly two weeks before or after, according to Young.\n <\/p>\n

\n The accompanying lunar eclipse falls on August 27 and 28, 2027. People living in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Western Asia can expect to see this partial eclipse.\n <\/p>\n

\n Looking ahead to next year, there will be an annular solar eclipse on February 6, 2027, according to Young. An annular eclipse occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the sun but is too far from Earth to fully hide the sun. As a result, a ring of fire phenomenon can be seen, as the sun\u2019s outer edge appears like a glowing circle around the moon. The eclipse will be visible over Argentina, the Atlantic, and West Africa, Young said.\n <\/p>\n

\n The following eclipse, a total solar eclipse, is the one that Young is most excited about. It will take place on August 2, 2027, and will be visible across Spain, North Africa, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. It has been dubbed the \u201ceclipse of the century,\u201d Young added. There will be a whopping 6 minutes and 23 seconds of totality, providing plenty of time to glimpse the spectacular moment.\n <\/p>\n

\n Whether you are traveling for the best views or hoping to watch from home, these celestial events offer an opportunity to pause, look up and appreciate the awe of the universe.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon a deep reddish-orange on Tuesday for sky-gazers in Asia, Australia,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[76182,79,193],"class_list":["post-499995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-eclipse","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}