The full moon of March, called the Worm Moon, will include a total lunar eclipse and a day later, an occultation of Spica by the moon.
The moment of full moon will occur in the eastern U.S. at 2:55 a.m. EDT on March 14, (0655 UTC) according to the U.S. Naval Observatory. In New York City on March 13 the moon rises at 6:36 p.m. local time, and the eclipse starts at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time., per the USNO. (USNO eclipse data does not account for the hour change in clocks on March 9). The moon will rise before sunset, which is at 7:01 p.m. Eastern. Full moons occur when the moon is on the opposite side of Earth from the sun. Because we designate the time of actual full moon as being when the moon is 180 degrees around the celestial sphere from where the sun is, the timing of the full moon depends on one's time zone.
