The March 2025 total lunar eclipse should be visible Thursday night as what's called the "Blood Moon" shines over New York City and the suburbs of Long Island, the Hudson Valley and New Jersey.Here's what to know about when and where to try to catch a glimpse.

You’ll want to look to the sky tonight in NYC—a full lunar eclipse is set to take over the sky and stun New Yorkers with a red hue. As the first full lunar eclipse since 2022, it’ll begin tonight, March 13, just before midnight, when the Earth passes between the sun and moon.

A lunar eclipse is an alignment of the Earth, moon and sun where the moon passes through the Earth's shadow, or umbra. As it does, the moon will appear to darken and take on a crimson shade of red. The most recent total lunar eclipse took place on Nov. 8, 2022.