{"id":45012,"date":"2025-09-05T09:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/45012\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T09:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:32:07","slug":"revealed-how-to-view-the-rare-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse-from-ireland-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/45012\/","title":{"rendered":"REVEALED: How to view the rare \u2018Blood Moon\u2019 lunar eclipse from Ireland this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A record-breaking 7 billion people across the globe, including in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ireland-live.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ireland<\/a><\/strong> will be able to catch a glimpse of\u00a0a rare \u2018Blood Moon\u2019 lunar eclipse this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday evening, the Earth will sit directly between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the moon. Depending on the weather, the phenomenon may be visible from Ireland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This event is also known as a \u2018Blood Moon\u2019 because once in the shadow of the Earth, the moon appears red.<\/p>\n<p>This occurs because the sunlight filters through the atmosphere of the Earth, colouring the moon when no direct sunlight is reaching it.<\/p>\n<p>Although the eclipse will start when the moon is still below the horizon in Ireland, Irish sky-watchers should be able to catch the second half of the show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireland-live.ie\/news\/weather\/1886212\/weather-expert-warns-storm-amy-could-be-on-its-way-amid-disastrous-forecast.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Weather expert warns Storm Amy could be on its way amid disastrous forecast<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Astronomy Ireland is encouraging those interested to watch the eastern horizon as the sun sets in the west at around 7:55pm on Sunday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The moon is expected to rise at exactly the same time, with just the lower left sliver visible and the rest eclipsed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sky may be too bright at sunset to see the moon\u2019s red glow, but as it gets darker and the moon rises higher, Irish astronomers should get a glimpse of the rare phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of Astronomy Ireland, David Moore said: \u201cThis is OK as the moon does not slip out of the Earth\u2019s shadow (ending the partial phase of the eclipse) until 8:56pm by which time the moon will be eight degrees up in the east.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore I would be watching the east horizon (exactly opposite the sun in the sky) from just before 8pm and until 8:56pm. At some stage, you will see the partially eclipsed moon low in the east, assuming the sky is clear of course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To get the best view of the eclipse, people are advised to go somewhere with as clear a view of the horizon as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Binoculars or a telescope would be helpful if you have them, as unlike with solar eclipses, which are dangerous to view directly, lunar eclipses won&#8217;t damage your eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Cloud cover may affect visibility, so people are advised to check their local weather beforehand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If it says fine, the eclipse should be visible from all of Ireland until about 9:30pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A record-breaking 7 billion people across the globe, including in Ireland will be able to catch a glimpse&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[18,19,17,4306,133,443],"class_list":{"0":"post-45012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-national-news","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}