Unlike a partial or total lunar eclipse, the moon won't darken or turn red; during a penumbral eclipse the moon only looks a little darker than normal. The full moon of March, called the Worm Moon ...

There will then be a partial phase — when the moon begins to enter Earth's darker umbral shadow and starts to turn red — from 1:09 a.m. to 2:26 a.m. (05:09 to 06:26 UTC). Totality — when the ...

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The Paschal Full Moon's timing, and Easter's, shifts yearly due to the moon's phases and the spring equinox's variable date. The spring equinox is the moment in the year when day and night are ...

Before we delve into each phase individually, let's take a moment to orient ourselves in the moon phases diagram below ... Think of the phases labeled "new moon," "first quarter," "full moon ...