Skywatchers across the world will witness the first total lunar eclipse in three years. Here’s who will have the best views—and what gives the moon its eerie red tint.

Earth’s shadow will block most of the light that illuminates the lunar surface, creating what is known as a blood moon.

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, March 7Look north after dark tonight to find the curved form of the Little Dipper. The smaller of the two famous dipper-shaped asterisms in the northern sky,