A blood moon total lunar eclipse will light up the night sky this week. How and when you can view the celestial event.

This week, the stars in heavenly treatment. The lunar overall eclipse – also known as “blood moon” – will be visible in the United States for the first time since 2022. Phenomena are known in March as the “bloody blood moon”, appropriately for the color that will appear, and it is important for the time of the year in which it happens – the transition from winter to spring.

Here is what to know about the lunar eclipse and how to see it.

What happens during the overall eclipse of the moon?

The total lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, the earth and the moon lined up almost, with the existence of the Earth in the middle. During the total eclipse, the moon will be placed in the darkest part of the earth’s shadow, known as Umbra.

The moon will appear a red copper color because “any sunlight that has not been blocked by our planet is nominated through a thick slice of the Earth’s atmosphere.” NASA said. “It seems as if all sunrise and sunset in the world are shown on the moon.”

If the rain is expected to be in the area, you may be able to pick up a rare moon arc, according to Old farm calendar. It is similar to how the rainbow works, when the sun’s rays pass through rain drops, but here it is created by moonlight, and it only occurs when the moon is low in the sky.

How can you see the total eclipse of the moon?

The total eclipse of the moon can only be seen from the Western Ball of the Earth, so it will be visible in every American state. Depending on your time area, sky viewers can see Thursday evening or Friday morning.

The eclipse will reach its entirety when the full moon moves to the darkest part of the earth’s shadow.

Below are the main time areas in North America when the moon reaches its entirety and will remain there for about 65 minutes. According to the space location.

• Hawaii: 8:26 pm HST on Thursday

• Alaska: 10:26 pm Akdt on Thursday

• Pacific Ocean: 11:26 pm PDT on Thursday

• Mountain time: 12:26 AM MDT on Friday

• Central time: 1:26 AM CDT on Friday

• East time: 2:26 am ESTA on Friday

“You do not need any special equipment to monitor the lunar eclipse, although the perspectives or telescope will enhance opinion,” NASA says. “A dark environment away from bright lights makes the best viewing conditions.”

Why is the “moon the doll’s worm” called?

Each moon has its own name, according to Old farm calendar.

“The indigenous Americans did not registration early at the time using the most famous calendar Julian or Gregoria,” the calendar said. “Many tribes continued the time by monitoring seasons and lunar months, although there are a lot of contrast.”

The name “the tumor moon” may have come from a large number of earthworms found from the Earth with the approaching spring. Other research is cited, relying on writings from the sixties of the nineteenth century, the types of worms and beetle larvae that emerge from the bark of trees while melting from the winter.

Additional names In March, the moon’s signal to the transition from winter to spring. This moon includes the eagle, the moon, a goose, Crowe returns to the moon, the moon sugar, the strong moon wind and the pain of the moon.