Blood Worm Moon To Be Visible Across North America

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Beginning late in the evening, a Blood Worm Moon lunar eclipse will be visible across most of North America.

A total lunar eclipse takes place when the moon aligns between the Sun and the Earth.

Compared to the last total solar eclipse in April, the moon can be seen by the visible eye.

The moon will be shadowed with sunlight giving off a reddish hue.

“What we experience when we have totality is essentially a sunset over the whole moon at one time. Because the light is coming through the Earth’s atmosphere and kind of going around the Earth to shine a little bit on the moon. And so that’s why it doesn’t go completely dark,” said Dr. Sara Schultz, Planetarium Director at MSUM.

The lunar eclipse will be visible beginning at midnight.

The next total lunar eclipse won’t be seen for another twenty years.