The March 2025 total lunar eclipse brought a "Blood Moon" late Thursday night into early Friday morning, but it was too cloudy to see over New York City and the suburbs of Long Island and New Jersey.

For folks on the east coast, including New York, the timing of the total lunar eclipse is not ideal. A partial lunar eclipse will start at 11:57 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 13.

NEW YORK (AP) — A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere. The best views will be from North America and South America.

The upcoming total lunar eclipse in March, which, unlike the total solar eclipse in April 2024, doesn't require special equipment to witness safely, is the first since November 2022.

The total lunar eclipse takes place tonight and western New York's weather conditions look favorable for sky gazers to view the celestial event. The eclipse - an alignment of the Earth, moon and sun ...