The coming March 13-14 total lunar eclipse promises to be spectacular — if the weather permits.
This “blood moon” — the first to grace Earth’s skies since 2022 — will be visible to people in the lower 48 states and greater Americas unless clouds get in the way. Now just days away, meteorologists have a good grasp of what regions will likely have good viewing opportunities during the night. Such a forecast can help you plan, or at least set expectations.
Unlike a total solar eclipse — which lasts for mere minutes and occurs over a narrow band of Earth — a lunar eclipse lasts for a long time and is visible to potentially hundreds of millions of people. During this coming eclipse, totality, wherein the entirety of the moon will turn reddish and rusty colors, will last for 65 minutes.
“It’s a wider window. The whole country gets to see it, weather permitting,” Bob Larson, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather, told Mashable.
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