March's full moon brings rare blood moon lunar eclipse
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It's not just a full moon this month; a triple cosmic event is happening. Here is when to see the March full moon, blood moon and the lunar eclipse.
A rare total lunar eclipse and blood moon is coming to the Georgia sky, and we’re in the right place at the right time for this event. On the morning of Tuesday, March 3, the moon will pass through Earth’s shadow and turn a deep, rusty red in a total lunar eclipse.
BAY CITY, MI — The Delta College Planetarium in downtown Bay City will host a free public viewing of a total lunar eclipse early Tuesday morning, March 3, starting at 5 a.m. on its rooftop observation deck.
During the total lunar eclipse, the moon will appear to have an orange or red tone. When Earth is right between the sun and the moon, it also serves as a "filter" allowing the red part of the sunlight to travel longer, giving the appearance of a red, orangy color to the moon, explains NASA.
Scientists at the University of Oxford have finally settled a decades-long mystery about the Moon’s magnetic field — and it turns out both sides were right. By reanalyzing Apollo mission rocks, they discovered that the Moon did occasionally generate an incredibly powerful magnetic field,
Old Apollo rocks are providing a fresh take on the moon's magnetic field