This is when a so-called “blood moon” lunar eclipse plays out ... a March full moon is also called a worm moon—a name attributed to the earthworms that typically emerge from the ground ...

Today, April 22, 2025, the moon is 24 days old and is in the Waning Crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 35% illuminated. Moon phase Date First Quarter April 4 Full Moon April 12 Third/Last ...

This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under sunlight. Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being ...

which has led to the nickname “blood moon” for a lunar eclipse, according to NASA. That shadow isn’t perfect, so sunbeams sneak around the shadow’s edges, bathing the moon in warm hues.

which has led to the nickname “blood moon” for a lunar eclipse, according to NASA. That shadow isn’t perfect, so sunbeams sneak around the shadow’s edges, bathing the moon in warm hues.

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This year, however, light from the waning crescent moon will make it somewhat harder to see the celestial show. Still, local weather conditions allowing, careful observers in the Northern ...