Head to Liberty Science Center (LSC) in Jersey City, New Jersey to observe and celebrate the total blood moon eclipse happening in the early morning hours of Friday, March 14.
The LSC team of moon maniacs is staying up late on Thursday, March 13 to start the party at midnight and everyone is invited. Telescopes, live webcast, planetarium shows, and more, are all included with admission.
Tickets include:
◾Telescope viewing of the eclipse (weather permitting), guided by our expert planetarium staff
◾Live narrated webcast of the eclipse from other locations in North America, 1:00 – 4:00 am, in our 3D Science Theater
◾Total Lunar Eclipse planetarium show – 12:30 am and 2:00 am
◾Moons of the Solar System planetarium show – 1:15am
◾Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon laser light show: Side 1 at 2:45 a.m., Side 2 at 3:15 a.m.
LSC is limiting ticket sales to guarantee everyone can get into any and every show during the event.
There will be festive, moon-themed food and beverages for purchase. Last call for alcoholic beverages at 1:30 a.m.
Tickets are $40 for general admission and $35 for members of LSC.
How the eclipse will unfold
◾1:09 am: Partial eclipse begins. The moon begins to enter Earth’s dark inner shadow.
◾2:25 am: Total phase of eclipse begins. The entire moon is in the Earth’s dark inner shadow.
◾3:31 am: Total phase of eclipse ends. The moon is no longer entirely in Earth’s dark shadow.
◾4:00 am: End of LSC Late-Night Lunar Mania Event
◾4:47 am: Partial eclipse ends. The moon is no longer in Earth’s darn inner shadow at all.
About the blood moon
On the night of March 13-14, 2025, the moon turns a deep red in the first total lunar eclipse since 2022. This blood moon will be visible across North and South America, as well as parts of Europe and Africa.
This celestial event occurs when the Earth passes directly between the Sun and the Moon, casting a deep shadow that transforms the lunar surface into shades of copper and crimson.
This is the final full moon before the spring equinox, setting the stage for a later Easter — April 20, one of the latest Easters ever. Christianity is one of many religions that use the moon and sun to decide the dates of significant annual events.
On the night of the eclipse, Jupiter and Mars will be visible in the Western sky, according to NASA. The Moon will be in the constellation Leo, under the lion’s hind paw, at the beginning of the eclipse. Then, it crosses into the constellation Virgo. As Earth’s shadow dims the Moon’s glow, constellations may be easier to spot than usual.
For more information, see NASA’s What’s Up guide.
About Liberty Science Center
LSC is a 300,000-square-foot learning center located in Liberty State Park on the Jersey City bank of the Hudson near the Statue of Liberty.
The Science Center houses 12 museum exhibition halls, a live animal collection with 110 species, giant aquariums, a 3D theater, live simulcast surgeries, hurricane- and tornado-force wind simulators, K-12 classrooms and labs, teacher-development programs, and the Western Hemisphere’s biggest planetarium—the Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium and LSC Giant Dome Theater.
More than 750,000 students, teachers, and parents visit Liberty Science Center each year, and tens of thousands more participate in the Center’s off-site and online programs.