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Early Tuesday morning, March 3, the moon will slide into Earth's shadow and turn deep red. A total lunar eclipse, or what pop culture has branded the "blood moon." It's the last one visible from the lower 48 states in the United States until 2029*, which makes it rare enough to justify losing an hour of sleep?

https://weather.com/science/space/video/last-blood-moon-until-2029-your-viewing-times-by-time-zone

Totality begins: ~3:04 a.m.
Maximum eclipse (deepest red): ~3:33 a.m.
Totality ends: ~4:02 a.m.

Shakespeare used eclipses as omens. Gloucester in King Lear blamed "these late eclipses in the sun and moon" for everything falling apart. Othello imagined a "huge eclipse" darkening the sky to match his guilt. In their world, a red moon meant the universe itself was stained.

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