The lunar eclipse reaches totality over the Chicago area early Friday. Lunar and solar eclipses happen anywhere from four to seven times a year, according to NASA. The next one will be in March 2026.

TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and mild. Low: 62. Winds: S 101-5 MPH. TOMORROW: Partly cloudy, warm, and breezy. High: 83. Winds: SW 20 MPH. SATURDAY: Partly cloudy skies with an isolated shower or two.

After this month’s lunar eclipse, the next one will occur March 3, 2026 for the western part of the United States. And the eastern region will experience it on June 26, 2029.

Another total lunar eclipse will sweep across parts of Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe. Parts of the Americas will get their next taste in March 2026.

A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon coppery red the evening of March 13. FILE – Light shines from a total lunar eclipse over Santa Monica Beach in Santa Monica, Calif., Wednesday, May 26, 2021.

A question on Chicago River muskrats, a clever kvetching about the Chicago Park District's varied application of closures and some lunar eclipse memories are among the notes from around Chicago ...

A total lunar eclipse is happening tonight, and if cloudiness isn't an issue, everyone should be able to see it. Rhode Island is in the path of totality for the upcoming eclipse.

A total lunar eclipse is happening tonight, and if cloudiness isn't an issue, everyone should be able to see it. Massachusetts is in the path of totality for the upcoming eclipse.

"Tonight is the lunar eclipse, which means that the moon will be shadowed by the earth," explained 9NEWS Weather Impact Team meteorologist Chris Bianchi.

The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years lit up the sky last night as humanity, forever fascinated with the Earth’s only natural satellite, watched.

The moon tonight will undergo a rare total lunar eclipse, which is when the sun, moon, and Earth align. A total eclipse only occurs when the moon passes into Earth's shadow.