Midnight blood moon eclipse is coming to Oregon. Here’s how to see it

Published 9:35 am Monday, March 3, 2025

A blood moon eclipse is seen on Oct. 8, 2014. Oregonians will be able to see the next blood moon eclipse the night of March 13, assuming skies are clear.

Get your coven on the group chat: a midnight blood moon eclipse is coming.

Scientifically speaking, we’re talking about a total lunar eclipse, which will begin the night of March 13 and reach its peak around midnight.

Caused by the Earth’s shadow falling onto the surface of the full moon, the eclipse will turn the moon a shade of red over the course of the event. The partial eclipse will begin at 10:09 p.m. in Oregon, with the full eclipse happening between 11:26 p.m. and 12:31 a.m., according to Time and Date. The moment of maximum eclipse will be at 11:58 p.m.

Those who want to see the event should look to the southeast, where the full moon will be hanging overhead (assuming the sky is clear).

While largely seen as astronomical curiosities today, lunar eclipses have long captured the world’s attention. Blood moons have been mentioned in Christian texts as well as Mayan records. Lunar eclipses have altered the course of a battle, hung over a collapsing empire, and been used to manipulate Indigenous cultures.

Many modern pagans consider all full moons as spiritually significant. In “Drawing Down the Moon,” a seminal work on neopaganism by journalist Margot Adler, the cycle of the moon is said to dictate times to plant, gather, worship and sing. Eclipses are seen by some neopagans as moments of heightened energy or new beginnings.

This will be the only eclipse, lunar or solar, that will be visible from the Pacific Northwest in 2025. (A partial lunar eclipse will take place in September, but will primarily be visible in New Zealand and Antarctica.) Oregon’s next lunar eclipse will be March 3, 2026.

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