Central Ohio total lunar eclipse: Send NBC4 your amazing ‘worm moon’ photos
Adam Conn
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Central Ohio residents woke up early Friday morning, or stayed up late overnight Thursday, to witness a total lunar eclipse in Central Ohio.
The March full moon is called the “worm moon,” and when there is a total lunar eclipse, the moon is called a blood moon.
The total lunar eclipse was well underway by 2:26 a.m., and the moon had a nice red tint to it, with the maximum of the eclipse occurring at around 2:58 a.m., when the moon appeared most red. We then started to see the opposite happing as the moon worked out of the Earth’s shadow. The total lunar eclipse ended at 3:31 a.m., and the partial was over at around 4:47 a.m.
Lunar eclipse photos from central Ohio and beyond
Residents from all over central Ohio and even out of state sent in captured images of the “worm moon” throughout the night and into Friday morning.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Michael Shirey in Powell
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Doug Pyles in Johnstown
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Lovelle Donahue in Fredericktown
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Lovelle Donahue in Fredericktown
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Corinne Johnson in Columbus
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Joe Fradette in Westerville
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Fabian Perez in Columbus
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Phil Huy in Pickerington
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Rasana Pradhan and Yunesh Shrestha in Marysville
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Scott Haslam in Akron
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Katie Tennant in Front Royal, Virginia
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Victoria Bordner in Gahanna
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Dylan Williams in Clintonville
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Pam Maltinsky
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Scott Haslam in Akron
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Travis Chester in Marengo
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Jason Norris in Eaton
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Kyla Addison in Columbus
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Kyla Addison in Columbus
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Mary Castor in Hilliard
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Chris Roberts in Hilliard
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Kevin in Hilliard
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Jenna Blythe in Lewis Center.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Jenna Blythe in Lewis Center.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Randy Stumbo in Columbus.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Randy Stumbo in Columbus.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Mike Abito in Columbus.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Tina Summerall in Reynoldsburg.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Damon in New Albany.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Georgi Thompson, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Kaitlyn May in Columbus.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Cody Bash in Caledonia.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Dru Armentrout.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Tom Slocum in Westerville.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Stephanie Turner in Pleasantville.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Kimberly Biederman in Crawford County.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Tim Humphery in Plain City
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Brad Bresky in Cleveland.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Sabrina Foster in Grandview Heights.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Eric Bush in Westerville.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Eric Bush in Westerville.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Dave Tenney in Grove City.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Annette Treffert in Centerburg.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Mark Dahnke in Grove City.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Mario Di Lorenzo in Columbus.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Moushumi Mookerjee in Worthington.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Tyler Clarke in Lancaster.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Lori Ferdinandsen in Washington Court House
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Tim Satkowski in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
Lunar eclipse, ‘worm moon’: Larry Stirling in Pataskala.
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What is a total lunar eclipse/what causes it?
According to NBC4 Storm Team 4’s Dave Mazza, because the Earth will get in the way of the sunlight from the moon, it causes the moon to appear darker at the moment of the eclipse. Now, there will be light that is filtered through the Earth’s atmosphere from the sun. Some of the colors of light will be filtered out, but the wavelengths of light that do make it through, reds/oranges, will bend around and still be allowed to illuminate the moon.
How long do I have to wait for the next total lunar eclipse?
It depends. Are you willing to travel to see it? If so, you can travel to most locations in Asia, and parts of Europe to see the next total lunar eclipse in September of this year. A year from now, the west coast of the U.S. will have a visible total lunar eclipse. In late June of 2029, the total lunar eclipse will be visible on the east coast of the US, but will not be total in Ohio
Mazza says if you are staying home in Ohio, according to NASA, the next total lunar eclipse here in Ohio will occur in January 2047 . As we all know, January is one of our cloudiest, and coldest months, so if you wanted to see a total lunar eclipse at home, I might put a bit more effort into Friday morning’s event, vs waiting for 22 years in January.
Send us your photos
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