'Blood Moon' Total Eclipse: How and when to watch it

March's 'Blood Moon' lunar eclipse happens tonight, LiveNOW's Andy Mac spoke about how to see it with FOX News' Sarah Alegre.

The eclipse begins at 11:57 p.m. ET Thursday and reaches totality at 2:59 a.m. ET Friday.

No special equipment is needed to see this eclipse.

Even though the moon will be in Earth's shadow during the eclipse, our planet won't quite block out all of the sun's light. Our atmosphere will filter out all but the reddish wavelengths of the remaining light – the same effect that makes our sunrises and sunsets red. As a result, the moon will take on a reddish-brown glow. This is why it’s called a "Blood" Worm Moon, as opposed to just a regular Worm Moon.

If the lunar eclipse wasn’t taking place on the same night as the full moon, it would just be called a Worm Moon, according to NASA.

March’s full moon is called the Worm Moon.

It was believed this name was given due to the earthworms that appeared as the soil warmed up during the spring, according to the Farmer’s Almanac.

The Northern Hemisphere can look forward to more celestial activity next month.

The Lyrid meteor shower will take place between April 15 and April. The predicted peak, according to EarthSky, will take place on April 22.

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