India, March 13 -- The upcoming March 13-14 total lunar eclipse is expected to be spectacular, if the weather allows it to be. The 'Blood Moon' total lunar eclipse will be the first to grace Earth's skies since 2022. Unless clouds interfere, it will be visible to people in the lower 48 states and greater Americas.

A lunar eclipse lasts for a very long time and is visible to hundreds of millions of people, unlike a total lunar eclipse, which lasts for just minutes and occurs over a narrow band of Earth. During the upcoming eclipse, totality will last for 65 minutes, during which the entirety of the moon will turn reddish and rusty colours.

"It's a wider window. The whole country gets to see it, weather permitting," Bob Larson, a senior m...