Earth will cast its shadow across the moon, turning its surface red as our planet, our moon, and our sun align. That's why total lunar eclipses are sometimes called the "blood moon." ...

The moon will be fully shaded from around 2:26 to 3:31 a.m., with the peak viewing opportunity for the red moon happening around 2:59 a.m. A map showing where the March 13-14, 2025 lunar eclipse ...

The moon’s red hue will fade as it slowly leaves Earth’s inner shadow, receding from upper left to lower right, making it look like a bite has been taken out of the other side, until 4:48 a.m. ET.

Some light still makes its way to the moon's surface, but only certain shades of it. The colors that wind up there are longer wavelengths of light — red, orange, yellow — which withstood the ...

People gather to watch a “blood moon“ eclipse in Melbourne, Australia, on July 28, 2018. On March 13-14, 2025, skywatchers across North America will have a prime view as the Moon turns red ...

So, the moon appears red for the same reason that sunrises and sunsets on earth are red, because of a phenomenon called Rayleigh Scattering, named after the British physicist John William Strutt ...

During a total lunar eclipse, Earth passes between the moon and the sun. This casts a shadow on the moon's surface that can appear to have a reddish tint because any sunlight that’s not blocked ...

You can expect the moon to take on a dramatic shade of red or orange in the night sky during the total lunar eclipse because of how sunlight strikes the moon's surface after passing through the ...

A video time lapse in 4K shows the deep feeling experienced during the incredible moment when the moon passes through Earth's shadow. This gives the natural satellite a blood-red hue during a ...

There was an opportunity Thursday night to catch the March 2025 "Blood Moon," a phenomenon that colors the full moon in shades of red, orange and yellow during a total lunar eclipse.

The full moon takes on several shades of red, orange and yellow when it's nearer the outer edges of Earth's shadow — when it first intersects with the path of Earth's shadow, for example, and as ...