{"id":23873,"date":"2025-03-13T08:02:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T09:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23873"},"modified":"2025-03-13T09:27:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T09:27:28","slug":"how-to-watch-the-blood-moon-total-lunar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23873","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch the \u2018Blood Moon\u2019 Total Lunar Eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">Earth\u2019s shadow will block most of the light that illuminates the lunar surface, creating what is known as a blood moon.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">From Thursday night into Friday morning, Earth\u2019s shadow will swallow the moon, transforming the usually pearly orb into a striking red sphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years. Also known as a blood moon, the event will be most visible across the Americas, western parts of Africa and Europe, New Zealand and some of Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s a lovely sight to see in the night sky,\u201d said Amanda Bosh, the executive director of the Lowell Observatory in Arizona, who has seen more than 20 lunar eclipses in her lifetime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI love seeing the solar system, the universe, at work,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3a696b59\">What is a total lunar eclipse?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth and moon align, in that order. There are different types of lunar eclipses that depend on how deeply the moon crosses into Earth\u2019s shadow, which is divided into an outer part, the penumbra and the umbra, the innermost section.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A total lunar eclipse, when the entire moon slips into the umbra, is by far the most dramatic variety. Earth\u2019s shadow envelops the face of the moon, causing it to shine scarlet. This happens because sunlight spilling over the edges of Earth and lighting up the lunar surface must first travel through our atmosphere, which more readily scatters blue wavelengths of light. Redder wavelengths pass through, creating the blood-moon effect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">According to Dr. Bosh, the exact shade of red during a lunar eclipse can vary. 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Also known as a blood moon, the event will be most visible across the Americas, western parts of Africa and Europe, New Zealand and some of Russia.\u201cIt\u2019s a lovely sight to see in the night sky,\u201d said Amanda Bosh, the executive director of the Lowell Observatory in Arizona, who has seen more than 20 lunar eclipses in her lifetime.\u201cI love seeing the solar system, the universe, at work,\u201d she added.What is a total lunar eclipse?A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth and moon align, in that order. There are different types of lunar eclipses that depend on how deeply the moon crosses into Earth\u2019s shadow, which is divided into an outer part, the penumbra and the umbra, the innermost section.A total lunar eclipse, when the entire moon slips into the umbra, is by far the most dramatic variety. Earth\u2019s shadow envelops the face of the moon, causing it to shine scarlet. This happens because sunlight spilling over the edges of Earth and lighting up the lunar surface must first travel through our atmosphere, which more readily scatters blue wavelengths of light. Redder wavelengths pass through, creating the blood-moon effect.According to Dr. Bosh, the exact shade of red during a lunar eclipse can vary. Clouds and recent natural disasters \u2014 like dust storms or volcanic eruptions, which leave particles in the air \u2014 can make the moon appear more crimson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23875,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23873"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23876,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23873\/revisions\/23876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}