A “Blood Moon” – an eerie name that comes from the color it takes on during a lunar eclipse – will grace the night sky from Thursday, March 13 – Friday, March 14.

In the U.S., the eclipse will begin around 10:57 p.m. CST on Thursday before reaching totality around 1:30 a.m. CST and then completing the process around 5 a.m. CST on Friday. Depending on the weather, it will be visible in all of North America.

A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth and moon align so the moon passes into the Earth’s shadow, NASA explained. In a total lunar eclipse, the entire moon falls within the darkest part of the Earth’s shadow called the umbra.

When the moon is within the umbra, it takes on a reddish orange hue, giving it the name “Blood Moon.”

The first full moon of March is also called the Worm Moon, a name it has carried since the 1760s when Captain Jonathan Carver visited with the Dakota and other Native American tribes who use the name in reference to the “worm” beetle larvae that began to emerge from the thawing bark of trees during the spring, the Farmer’s Almanac said.

The last total lunar eclipse took place on Nov. 8, 2022.