Two eerie ‘Blood Moon’ total lunar eclipses and Saturn’s rings vanishing – the 2025 space events you must not miss
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THERE'S no end of awe-inspiring sights to see overhead – but 2025 will bring four special events that you shouldn't miss. Stargazers, mark your calendars. A blood moon might sound ominous, but it's just a fun name for a space effect called a lunar eclipse.
![[There are two Blood Moons to see in 2025]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/nasa-moon.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
And there are two such lunar eclipses happening in 2025. The first is due to take place from March 13 into March 14, and the second will occur from September 7 into September 8. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon. This puts the Moon into the darkest part of Earth's shadow, known as the umbra.
![[Saturn's rings will appear to vanish in 2025 if you're looking at it from Earth (which you probably are)]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/saturn.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
It means that sunlight isn't directly reaching the Moon, but some is refracted by the Earth's atmosphere. This can give the Moon a reddish hue for a few hours, hence the name Blood Moon. This one must not be missed – as it doesn't happen very often. Saturn's rings will effectively vanish from view if you're looking from Earth.
![[Jupiter will meet up with Venus in the night sky in 2025]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/jupiter.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Both the Earth and Saturn are tilted to slightly different degrees. And at some points, Saturn's rings are tilted to exactly the right way that we're seeing them edge on. That means they appear to vanish. Of course they haven't really gone, it's just a matter of perspective.
It happens every 15 years, roughly, and is best seen with an amateur telescope. And you'll be able to see the event in March and November 2025. Here are the 10 best locations to see the night sky in the U.S. and U.K.:. United States. United Kingdom. Venus and Jupiter aren't exactly neighbours: they're hundreds of millions of miles apart.
