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 "Blood Moon" phenomenon will start before the full moon reaches peak illumination. As the lunar eclipse begins, the moon will start moving through Earth's shadow on Thursday at 11:57 p.m. ET.

The U.S. and the Western Hemisphere will be treated to the rare sight of a total lunar eclipse, which will cumulate in the spectacle of a glowing red "blood moon." Beginning late Thursday, March ...

Red and orange wavelengths pass right through. In the case of a lunar eclipse, that means the moon is bathed in a reddish glow —hence the blood moon handle.

In a rare celestial event, March 2025 brings a full moon, a Blood Moon and a total lunar eclipse. Here's how and when to see it in metro Phoenix.

A total lunar eclipse - the first to grace our skies since 2022 - will happen in March, and it will bring us a Blood Moon that will appear tinted a reddish-orange to our eyes. The total lunar ...

The sky was clear, and the moon was tucked high among the clear stars, just as it always is, whether we can see it or not. But it wasn’t blood red at all.

Blood clots begin forming when a blood vessel is damaged and nearby cell fragments (called platelets) begin clumping together and adhering to a protein in the blood known as fibrin, explains Dr ...