It is this week, at 5:1 am on Friday morning, that the moon “disappears” completely, becoming a frightening red spot. If you don’t want to dawn on this date, you still have another opportunity this year.
In the early hours of the 14th (this Friday), the moon will turn red. It is the phenomenon to be called “lunar eclipse”, or “moon of blood.”
This is the case with this phenomenon, but it does not come alone: in one year, it will be 3 times when the moon gets a “scary” red tone, one in September and another in one year, in March 2026.
But what phenomenon is this and why does it happen?
The “red moon” happens when the land proceeds its own shadow over the moon, “ending it.”
According to NASA, for those who come to the naked eye the darkening sequence of the moon, which will last approximately an hour, “it seems that a DETADA NO LUNAR DISC“.
“It is as if all the dawn and enthardens of the world are projected on the moon,” still nothing on his site, where he also publishes an exemplary video of the phenomenon.
Here, according to, the total eclipse of the moon will take place 5H10. It is from this time (already on March 14) that we begin to see our natural satellite “disappear”. To the 6h58the eclipse is total. “Although it is totally in the shadow, the moon is still visible, but it has a reddish and brownish color,” explains the Lisbon Astronomical Observatory.
A recommends the binoculars For a better experience. The total moon eclipse should last about an hour. If you want to shoot, put the phone in a tripod and set the camera for long exhibitions of at least a few seconds.
