DALLAS — Get ready, North Texas! A total lunar eclipse is set to turn the moon a deep, eerie red late Thursday night into early Friday morning. If you’re a night owl or an early riser, make sure you go outside to check it out!

A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red across the Western Hemisphere. On Thursday night into Friday morning, the Earth will cast a shadow that totally blocks the moon.

The moon will appear a striking reddish color in a few weeks when a magnificent total lunar eclipse becomes visible all across the United States.

When this happens, the moon is passing into Earth's shadow in a color-shifting process that lends it the nickname, "blood moon." The upcoming total lunar eclipse in March, which, unlike the total solar eclipse in April 2024,