Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2025 March 24 Your browser does not support the video tag. A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Uruguay Video Credit & Copyright: [2]Mauricio Salazar Explanation: If the full Moon suddenly faded, what would you see? The answer was recorded in a dramatic time lapse video taken during the total lunar [3]eclipse last week from [4]Uruguay. During a [5]total lunar eclipse, the Earth moves between the [6]Moon and the [7]Sun, causing the Moon to fade dramatically. The [8]Moon never gets completely dark, though, since the Earth's atmosphere [9]refracts some light. As the featured video begins, the scene may appear to be daytime and sunlit, but actually it is nighttime and lit by the glow of the full Moon. As the [10]Moon becomes eclipsed and fades, background stars become visible. Most spectacularly, the [11]sky surrounding the eclipsed moon suddenly appears to be [12]full of stars and highlighted by the busy plane of our [13]Milky Way Galaxy. Nearly two hours after the eclipse started, the Moon emerged from the Earth's shadow and its bright full [14]glare again dominated the sky. Tomorrow's picture: moon glows blue __________________________________________________________________ [15]< | [16]Archive | [17]Submissions | [18]Index | [19]Search | [20]Calendar | [21]RSS | [22]Education | [23]About APOD | [24]Discuss | [25]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [26]Robert Nemiroff ([27]MTU) & [28]Jerry Bonnell ([29]UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn [30]Specific rights apply. [31]NASA Web Privacy, [32]Accessibility, [33]Notices; A service of: [34]ASD at [35]NASA / [36]GSFC, [37]NASA Science Activation & [38]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://www.instagram.com/astropolo_/ 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250315.html 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_eclipse#Total_lunar_eclipse 6. https://science.nasa.gov/moon/ 7. https://science.nasa.gov/sun/ 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211201.html 9. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/geoopt/refr.html 10. https://science.nasa.gov/moon/ 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110617.html 12. https://youtu.be/1DNbkKBW0K8 13. http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galaxy.html 14. https://image.shutterstock.com/z/stock-photo-cat-glare-745763242.jpg 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250323.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 19. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 21. https://apod.com/feed.rss 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 24. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=250324 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250325.html 26. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 27. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 28. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 29. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 31. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 32. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/ 33. https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/ 34. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 35. https://www.nasa.gov/ 36. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 37. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 38. http://www.mtu.edu/