Total Lunar Eclipse to Turn Moon Red
2025-03-12
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1A total lunar eclipse is about to make the moon appear a reddish color across the Western Hemisphere.
2The event will happen Thursday night into Friday morning.
3The best places to see the eclipse will be in North America and South America.
4Parts of Africa and Europe may also get brief views.
5A lunar eclipse happens when the sun, Earth, and moon line up just right, with Earth positioned between the sun and moon.
6This causes the Earth to create a shadow on the moon.
7In a total lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covers all of the moon.
8Another kind of eclipse is a solar eclipse.
9In a solar eclipse, the moon gets in a position where it blocks light from the sun, causing a partial or full shadow on Earth.
10A total lunar eclipse can also be called a blood moon.
11It makes the moon appear reddish-orange, similar to the element copper.
12The color comes from small amounts of sunlight passing through the Earth's atmosphere.
13The American space agency NASA says lunar and solar eclipses happen between four and seven times a year.
14The last total lunar eclipse was in 2022.
15This one will be visible for about one hour starting Friday morning at 2:26 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
16The time when the Earth's shadow covers all of the moon will be close to 3 a.m. EDT.
17"As long as the sky is clear, you should be able to see it," Shannon Schmoll told the Associated Press.
18She is the director of Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State University.
19No special equipment will be needed to see the reddish moon.
20The total lunar eclipse may be harder to see in Europe and Africa because the moon will be close to setting.
21Michael Faison is an astronomy expert from Yale University.
22He told the AP, "This is really an eclipse for North and South America."
23Zoe Ortiz is a historian with the University of North Texas.
24She noted that different civilizations have observed lunar eclipses for thousands of years.
25This helped ancient people learn things about the behaviors of the sun, moon, and stars.
26"They were looking at the night sky and they had a much brighter vision than we do today," Ortiz said.
27The ancient Greek thinker and writer Aristotle observed that Earths' shadow on the moon during a lunar eclipse was always curved.
28This fact supported proof that the Earth is round.
29The next total lunar eclipse will appear in the sky September 7, across parts of Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe.
30Parts of the Americas will get the next chance to see one in March 2026.
31I'm Caty Weaver.
1A total lunar eclipse is about to make the moon appear a reddish color across the Western Hemisphere. 2The event will happen Thursday night into Friday morning. The best places to see the eclipse will be in North America and South America. Parts of Africa and Europe may also get brief views. 3A lunar eclipse happens when the sun, Earth, and moon line up just right, with Earth positioned between the sun and moon. This causes the Earth to create a shadow on the moon. In a total lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow covers all of the moon. 4Another kind of eclipse is a solar eclipse. In a solar eclipse, the moon gets in a position where it blocks light from the sun, causing a partial or full shadow on Earth. 5A total lunar eclipse can also be called a blood moon. It makes the moon appear reddish-orange, similar to the element copper. The color comes from small amounts of sunlight passing through the Earth's atmosphere. 6The American space agency NASA says lunar and solar eclipses happen between four and seven times a year. The last total lunar eclipse was in 2022. 7This one will be visible for about one hour starting Friday morning at 2:26 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The time when the Earth's shadow covers all of the moon will be close to 3 a.m. EDT. 8"As long as the sky is clear, you should be able to see it," Shannon Schmoll told the Associated Press. She is the director of Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State University. No special equipment will be needed to see the reddish moon. 9The total lunar eclipse may be harder to see in Europe and Africa because the moon will be close to setting. 10Michael Faison is an astronomy expert from Yale University. He told the AP, "This is really an eclipse for North and South America." 11Zoe Ortiz is a historian with the University of North Texas. She noted that different civilizations have observed lunar eclipses for thousands of years. This helped ancient people learn things about the behaviors of the sun, moon, and stars. 12"They were looking at the night sky and they had a much brighter vision than we do today," Ortiz said. 13The ancient Greek thinker and writer Aristotle observed that Earths' shadow on the moon during a lunar eclipse was always curved. This fact supported proof that the Earth is round. 14The next total lunar eclipse will appear in the sky September 7, across parts of Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe. Parts of the Americas will get the next chance to see one in March 2026. 15I'm Caty Weaver. 16Adithi Ramakrishnan wrote this story for The Associated Press. Andrew Smith adapted it for VOA Learning English. 17________________________________________________________ 18Words in This Story 19shadow - n. a dark area created by something blocking light 20curve - n. a line that bends around in the same way as a circle