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The moon is turning red in the night sky this morning in an event known as a blood moon. The phenomenon only happens a handful of times a year, and this is your next chance to spot one in the UK.

Before you go outside and frolic in that sunshine, let’s run through the news: Total eclipse of the… moon? The first of two eclipses this month takes place overnight Thursday into Friday.

The next full moon will be on Saturday ... If you want to know what you can see tonight check out our night sky live blog or if you want to plan further ahead our monthly skywatching guide ...

A diagram of how lunar eclipses work. Credit: Sky & Telescope illustration If you have a view of the moon during that period of time, you should be able to see at least part of the penumbral eclipse.

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The moon turns red, according to NASA, due to the phenomenon that makes the sky blue and sunsets red. While sunlight appears white, it includes a number of colors in the rainbow. Light on the blue ...

A total eclipse of the moon will grace our central Ohio sky along with most of North and South America during the very early hours of Friday, March 14. A total lunar eclipse occurs when Earth is ...

“As long as the sky is clear, you should be able to see it,” said Shannon Schmoll, director of Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State University. The setting of the moon may make it harder to ...