Prepare to feast your eyes on another celestial spectacle — if you’re awake. While full moons are always nice to see (and sometimes validate the chaos in our personal lives), March’s full moon, or “Blood Moon,” is extra special: It will appear in a rusty red hue thanks to a total lunar eclipse.
This total lunar eclipse is the first of 2026, and also the last. It won’t happen again until New Year’s Eve 2028.
Lunar eclipses are not to be confused with the other type of eclipse, solar eclipses. During a solar eclipse, the moon blocks the sun from view, while lunar eclipses only happen during full moon phases, when Earth is positioned precisely between the moon and sun, causing Earth’s shadow to fall on the surface of the moon, according to NASA…