Enjoy the total lunar eclipse on March 3 because it will be the last for a long while.
Observers across East Asia, Australia, the Pacific and western North America will see March’s full moon — known as the “Worm Moon” — pass through Earth’s shadow, turning a reddish-copper color for 58 spell-binding minutes. However, once the moon emerges from Earth’s umbra — the deepest part of Earth’s shadow — there will be no further total lunar eclipses for almost three years. A lunar lull will commence and won’t end until a neatly-timed total lunar eclipse on New Year’s Eve 2028-2029. Here’s why — and why 2029 will be a year marking not just the end of a drought, but of three spectacular “blood moon” total lunar eclipses.