As the moon reflects the sun's light, the shadow dims the moon's glow. During the peak of a total lunar eclipse, the moon takes on a bit of a reddish hue as any leftover sunlight making it to the moon's surface is scattered by our earth's atmosphere.

The northern lights may be visible this evening due to a geomagnetic storm that occurred on Wednesday. Stargazers in Alaska and parts of Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota,

The March 13, 2025 event will be the only lunar eclipse visible from Washington state in 2025. The last lunar eclipse was in 2022.