Despite a chance for showers and thunderstorms, Louisville can be cautiously optimistic about catching North America’s one and only total lunar eclipse of 2025 when it shines above Kentucky later this week.
Beginning Thursday night into early Friday morning, the full moon will turn a coppery shade of red as it slips behind the darkest part of the Earth’s shadow, or umbra, in what’s referred to as a “blood moon.”
This year’s total lunar eclipse isn’t one to be missed, say experts, because of how high the moon will be positioned in the sky. Future total lunar eclipses — not happening in the Americas until 2026 and 2029 — will be lower on the horizon and possibly more difficult to see…