The Moon will pass into Earth’s shadow and appear to turn red on the night of March 13 or early in the morning on March 14, depending on your time zone.
What can I expect to observe?
| Milestone: | What’s happening: |
| Penumbral eclipse begins (8:57pm PDT, 11:57pm EDT, 03:57 UTC) | The Moon enters the Earth’s penumbra, the outer part of the shadow. The Moon begins to dim, but the effect is quite subtle. |
| Partial eclipse begins (10:09pm PDT, 1:09am EDT, 05:09 UTC) | The Moon begins to enter Earth’s umbra and the partial eclipse begins. To the naked eye, as the Moon moves into the umbra, it looks like a bite is being taken out of the lunar disk. The part of the Moon inside the umbra appears very dark. |
| Totality begins (11:26pm PDT, 2:26am EDT, 06:26 UTC) | The entire Moon is now in the Earth’s umbra. The Moon is tinted a coppery red. Try binoculars or a telescope for a better view. If you want to take a photo, use a camera on a tripod with exposures of at least several seconds. |
| Totality ends (12:31am PDT, 3:31am EDT, 07:31 UTC) | As the Moon exits Earth’s umbra, the red color fades. It looks as if a bite is being taken out of the opposite side of the lunar disk from before. |
| Partial eclipse ends (1:47am PDT, 4:47am EDT, 08:47 UTC) | The whole Moon is in Earth’s penumbra, but again, the dimming is subtle. |
| Penumbral eclipse ends (3:00am PDT, 6:00am EDT, 10:00 UTC) | The eclipse is over. |
