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<!doctype html> <html> <head> <title>Astronomy Picture of the Day </title>  <meta name="orgcode" content="661"> <meta name="rno" content="amber.n.straughn"> <meta name="content-owner" content="Jerry.T.Bonnell.1"> <meta name="webmaster" content="Stephen.F.Fantasia.1"> <meta name="description" content="A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.">  <meta name=viewport content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <meta name="keywords" content="Moon, lunar eclipse, Milky Way">  <script id="_fed_an_ua_tag" src="//dap.digitalgov.gov/Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js?agency=NASA"> </script> </head> <body BGCOLOR="#F4F4FF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#7F0F9F" alink="#FF0000"> <center> <h1> Astronomy Picture of the Day </h1> <a href="archivepix.html">Discover the cosmos!</a> 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 <video width="960" height="540" controls autoplay muted> <source src="image/2503/LunarEclipseUruguay_Salazar.mp4" type="video/mp4"> Your browser does not support the video tag. </video> </center> <center> A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Uruguay Video Credit & Copyright: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/astropolo_/" >Mauricio Salazar</a> </center> 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 <a href="ap250315.html">eclipse last week</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay">Uruguay</a>. During a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_eclipse#Total_lunar_eclipse" >total lunar eclipse</a>, the Earth moves between the <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/moon/">Moon</a> and the <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/sun/">Sun</a>, causing the Moon to fade dramatically. The <a href="ap211201.html">Moon never gets completely dark</a>, though, since the Earth's atmosphere <a href="http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/geoopt/refr.html" >refracts</a> 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 <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/moon/">Moon</a> becomes eclipsed and fades, background stars become visible. Most spectacularly, the <a href="ap110617.html">sky surrounding</a> the eclipsed moon suddenly appears to be <a href="https://youtu.be/1DNbkKBW0K8">full of stars</a> and highlighted by the busy plane of our <a href="http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galaxy.html">Milky Way Galaxy</a>. Nearly two hours after the eclipse started, the Moon emerged from the Earth's shadow and its bright full <a href="https://image.shutterstock.com/z/stock-photo-cat-glare-745763242.jpg" >glare</a> again dominated the sky. <center> Tomorrow's picture: moon glows blue <hr> <a href="ap250323.html"><</a> | <a href="archivepix.html">Archive</a> | <a href="lib/apsubmit2015.html">Submissions</a> | <a href="lib/aptree.html">Index</a> | <a href="https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search">Search</a> | <a href="calendar/allyears.html">Calendar</a> | <a href="https://apod.com/feed.rss">RSS</a> | <a href="lib/edlinks.html">Education</a> | <a href="lib/about_apod.html">About APOD</a> | <a href= "https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=250324">Discuss</a> | <a href="ap250325.html">></a> <hr> Authors & editors: <a href="http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html">Robert Nemiroff</a> (<a href="http://www.phy.mtu.edu/">MTU</a>) & <a href="https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html" >Jerry Bonnell</a> (<a href="http://www.astro.umd.edu/">UMCP</a>) NASA Official: Amber Straughn <a href="lib/about_apod.html#srapply">Specific rights apply</a>. <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html">NASA Web Privacy</a>, <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/">Accessibility</a>, <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/">Notices</a>; A service of: <a href="https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/">ASD</a> at <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/">NASA</a> / <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/">GSFC</a>, <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/learners">NASA Science Activation</a> & <a href="http://www.mtu.edu/">Michigan Tech. U.</a> </center> </body> </html>