The Worm Moon will coincide with a total lunar eclipse today.

Today is the third full moon this year. Their dates are gradually shifting toward the beginning of the month, and in May the first full moon will fall on the 1st, allowing for a second full moon to fit in this month—on May 31st, an event called a blue moon (the second full moon in a month). But for now, we only have one full moon, and it's today.

This full moon has a strange name—the Worm Moon. Clearly, the North American Indians, who actually named all the full moons, weren't exactly romantic—they wrote down what they saw. In Russian-language media, this is sometimes translated as "blood moon" (not exactly a better translation, but a little more mysterious).

If you're lucky enough to see the Moon in the sky between 09:50 and 13:17 UTC, you'll see a lunar eclipse, which will also be total between 11:04 and 12:03. To do this, you'll need to live, fortunately, not north of the Arctic Circle, as during the last solar eclipse, but simply east of the Ural Mountains. In the European part of the country, there's no chance: no Moon, no eclipse. This can be partially compensated for on August 28th, when the situation reverses—the second and final lunar eclipse of the year, occurring on that day, will, conversely, be visible in the European part of the country and invisible in the eastern part. Overall, no one will be offended.

You can post photos of both the eclipse and the full moon in the comments section of the Telegram channel. Let's see how "bloody" it is today.