A total lunar eclipse occurs tonight.

telcodad

Contrary to reports circulating that the moon will turn blood red late tonight / early tomorrow morning to express its displeasure at all the commercial spacecraft crashing/landing/tipping-over on it lately, it will just be due a total lunar eclipse. 🙂

Total lunar eclipse March 13-14 2025 — When and where to see the next ‘Blood Moon’ lunar eclipse
Space.com
https://www.space.com/stargazing/eclipses/total-lunar-eclipse-march-2025-when-and-where-to-see-the-next-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse

On the night of March 13-14, 2025, a total lunar eclipse will be visible from Earth, and North America will be in the prime position for the spectacular event, which will also feature a “Blood Moon.”

Lunar eclipses happen when Earth is between the sun and a full moon. During the event, the moon moves through Earth’s umbra, the dark center of its shadow.

The best views will be for those in North and South America. According to Time and Date, only 13% of the world’s population — just over a billion people — will be in the path of the total lunar eclipse, which will be visible only under clear skies.

The March 13-14, 2025, event will be the first total lunar eclipse anywhere in the world since November 2022 and the first of three in 2025 and 2026. During the March 2025 total lunar eclipse, the full “Worm Moon” will rise and, later that night, drift into Earth’s umbral shadow. As it does, the full moon will dim and gradually turn reddish-orange. The all-important totality — when 100% of the lunar surface is draped in orange-red light — will last 65 minutes.

Lunar eclipses are global events that occur at the same time for everyone. This one will happen between 03:57 and 10:00 UTC on Friday, March 14, 2025, with the spectacular 65-minute-long totality — when the entire lunar surface will be reddish — happening between 06:26 and 07:31 UTC.

That translates to the following local times in North America:

2:26 to 3:31 a.m. EDT on Friday, March 14, 2025

1:26 to 2:31 a.m. CDT on Friday, March 14, 2025

12:26 to 1:31 a.m. MDT on Friday, March 14, 2025

11:26 p.m. PDT on Thursday, March 13, 2025, to 12:31 a.m. on Friday, March 14, 2025

10:26 p.m. to 11:31 p.m. AKDT on Thursday, March 13, 2025

8:26 p.m. to 9:31 p.m. HST on Thursday, March 13, 2025

These are the times for totality only. However, it’s worth looking at the moon 75 minutes before these times to see the edge of Earth’s shadow inch across the lunar surface during the partial phases (and vice versa after totality). …

broknsymetry

GadgetsRme

broknsymetry That’s about what I’ll look like if I wake up the wife to go look at it. :-D

Guy54435

As per usual when there is something aligning in the night skies, it will be Cloudy-Mostly cloudy in my neck of the woods. Oh well always next time, I seem to say that a lot. I mean I have seen this happen before but it is still cool to see again.

Somewhat-Reticent

Guy54435 Maybe someone will post a link or two so all may watch?

Sparkchaser

Guy54435
Predicting 40%-50% cloud cover for here. 🙁
I’ll take a look on one of my nightly trips.

Got the camera ready, just in case it’s clear.

telcodad

Somewhat-Reticent Guy54435 Maybe someone will post a link or two so all may watch?

If you’re unable to catch the lunar eclipse in person, we’ll be livestreaming the event on Space.com so you can enjoy the “Blood Moon” from the comfort of your own home. You can watch the lunar eclipse online here on Space.com:

https://www.space.com/total-lunar-eclipse-march-2025-livestreams

telcodad

Sparkchaser Predicting 40%-50% cloud cover for here. 🙁

Yeah, 50% or more cloud cover here too. 🙁

Looks like this will be the only “Eclipse” that I’ll be seeing today. 🙂

GeekGirl1

Sparkchaser Predicting 40%-50% cloud cover for here. 🙁

The prediction came true. I had total cloud cover last night.

Somewhat-Reticent

Moonrise before sunset here; rain could bring moonbow.

Rook

Yeah, all clouds here too.
Seeing the event live would be nice, but the live streams from the Space.com website may have to do:

The Virtual Telescope Project:

time and date:

Rook

Complete cloud cover here, but the live streams are up and both work on the site.

Guy54435

Pretty clear here at the moment a few thinly veiled wispy moments, but the magic has not started so there still could be clouds then.

Guy54435

So far so good

Rook

It’s so cloudy here right now that I can’t visually confirm that the moon exists.
According to the stream, the moon is about half-way in shadow.

Edit: Virtual Telescope Project feed at around 2:20am eastern:

Guy54435

Was pretty good here, been a while since I have seen one, I am glad I put the effort into going out and watching, my neck hurts.

Sparkchaser

This was just after moon rise.

It was still visible until around 1ish. After that nothing but clouds.

Rook

🙂
I had to.

Sparkchaser

Make sure you save your safety glasses from last nights observation. A partial solar eclipse is slated to occur later this month.

The partial solar eclipse on March 29 will be visible over parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America and the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, NASA said.
According to timeanddate.com, areas primarily in the Northeast U.S. could have a chance at seeing the partial solar eclipse, including New York, Boston and Augusta, Maine.
NASA released a map showing where the partial solar eclipse can be seen.

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5510/

telcodad

Sparkchaser The partial solar eclipse on March 29 will be visible over parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America and the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, NASA said.
According to timeanddate.com, areas primarily in the Northeast U.S. could have a chance at seeing the partial solar eclipse, including New York, Boston and Augusta, Maine.

Jeez, having the Lunar eclipse at 2AM ET in the morning was bad, but having this partial solar eclipse this early on a Saturday morning isn’t much better! 🙁 Who the heck is in charge of scheduling these things anyway?