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Nicknamed the Worm Moon, the lunation is also known as a Blood Moon because of its reddish hue that glows as a result of its alignment between the Earth and the sun.—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025 Two of nature’s most dazzling phenomena overlapped during a narrow window on March 13, 2025, when totality — the period when the lunar surface turns a reddish color — lasted just 65 minutes.—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025 The most ideal opportunity to see the reddish moon is during the minutes leading up to 3 a.m. EDT, as the moon should be situated in the center of Earth's shadow around then.—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025 The moon has a tendency to turn a reddish hue when covered by the Earth's shadow, hence the quirky nickname.—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reddish
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