The full moon of March 2024 will feature a lunar eclipse visible from the Americas, Alaska, Antarctica and parts of northern Russia.of March, called the Worm Moon, will occur in the eastern U.S. at 3 a.m. on March 25, according to the, within a day of the planet Mercury reaching its highest elevation in the evening skies for Northern Hemisphere observers. The moon will also undergo a penumbralIn New York City on March 24 the moon rises at 7:21 p.m. local time, and the eclipse starts at 12:53 a.
For observers at the western limit of the area of visibility, the eclipse starts just before moonrise. According to timeanddate.com, in Melbourne, for example, the eclipse begins at 3:53 p.m. Australian Eastern Daylight Time on March 25, but the moon doesn't rise until 7:25 p.m. By then the penumbral eclipse is already in full swing, and the maximum eclipse for Australians is only a few minutes later at 7:29 p.m.
The first states of the United States to see the eclipse will be Alaska and Hawaii; in Alaska, from Anchorage, moonrise is at 8:06 p.m. local time on March 24, and the eclipse starts at 8:53 p.m. The maximum eclipse is at 11:12 p.m. and the eclipse ends at 1:32 a.m. on March 25. At maximum eclipse the moon will be 18.5 degrees high in the southeast. Hawaiians will see the moon rise at 6:36 p.m. local time, the eclipse starts at 6:53 p.m., reaches maximum at 9:12 p.m. and ends at 11:32 p.m.
And finally, as one gets to Europe and western Africa, the eclipse starts late enough that it sets before maximum; in London, it begins at 4:53 a.m. and the maximal eclipse there is at 5:57 a.m., but the moon sets only four minutes later and the actual maximum eclipse happens when the moon is below the horizon. The situation is similar in Marrakech, where the eclipse also starts at 4:53 a.m. local time, but the moon sets just before it reaches maximum at 6:33 a.m.
Looking east one will see Leo the Lion above the moon, with its two brightest stars Denebola and Regulus. Denebola will be to the left of the moon and above it, while Regulus is above that and to the right at some distance. You know you've spotted Regulus when you see the"sickle" – a backwards question-mark shaped grouping just above and to the left of Regulus.