A total lunar eclipse is about to make the moon appear a reddish color across the Western Hemisphere. 

月食的总圆环即将使月亮在整个西半球看起来是红色的。 

The event will happen Thursday night into Friday morning. The best places to see the eclipse will be in North America and South America. Parts of Africa and Europe may also get brief views. 

该活动将在星期四晚上至星期五早上举行。 观看日食的最佳场所将在北美和南美。 非洲和欧洲的部分地区也可能会得到简短的看法。 

A lunar eclipse happens when the sun, Earth, and moon line up just right, with Earth positioned between the sun and moon. This causes the Earth to create a shadow on the moon. In a total lunar eclipse, the Earth’s shadow covers all of the moon. 

当太阳，地球和月亮恰到好处时，地球位于太阳和月亮之间时，就会发生月食。 这使地球在月球上创造了阴影。 在月食中，地球的阴影覆盖了所有月球。 

Another kind of eclipse is a solar eclipse. In a solar eclipse, the moon gets in a position where it blocks light from the sun, causing a partial or full shadow on Earth. 

日食的另一种日食是日食。 在日食中，月亮处于遮挡太阳的光线的位置，在地球上造成部分或全面的阴影。 

A total lunar eclipse can also be called a blood moon. It makes the moon appear reddish-orange, similar to the element copper. The color comes from small amounts of sunlight passing through the Earth’s atmosphere. 

总月食也可以称为血月。 它使月亮显得红橙色，类似于元素铜。 颜色来自少量穿过地球大气层的阳光。 

The American space agency NASA says lunar and solar eclipses happen between four and seven times a year. The last total lunar eclipse was in 2022.

美国航天局NASA说，月球和太阳日食每年发生四次至七次。 最后的月食是2022年。 

This one will be visible for about one hour starting Friday morning at 2:26 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The time when the Earth’s shadow covers all of the moon will be close to 3 a.m. EDT. 

从星期五上午2:26开始，东部夏令时间（EDT）将看到这一个大约一个小时。 地球阴影覆盖所有月球的时间将接近美国东部时间。 

“As long as the sky is clear, you should be able to see it,” Shannon Schmoll told the Associated Press. She is the director of Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State University. No special equipment will be needed to see the reddish moon. 

香农·施莫尔（Shannon Schmoll）告诉美联社：“只要天空晴朗，您就应该能够看到它。” 她是密歇根州立大学艾布拉姆斯天文馆的主任。 不需要特殊设备才能看到红色的月亮。 

The total lunar eclipse may be harder to see in Europe and Africa because the moon will be close to setting. 

在欧洲和非洲，月食的总月食可能很难看到，因为月亮将接近环境。 

Michael Faison is an astronomy expert from Yale University. He told the AP, “This is really an eclipse for North and South America.” 

迈克尔·菲森（Michael Faison）是耶鲁大学的天文学专家。 他告诉美联社：“这确实是北美和南美的日食。” 

Zoe Ortiz is a historian with the University of North Texas. She noted that different civilizations have observed lunar eclipses for thousands of years. This helped ancient people learn things about the behaviors of the sun, moon, and stars. 

佐伊·奥尔蒂斯（Zoe Ortiz）是北德克萨斯大学的历史学家。 她指出，不同的文明已经观察到了数千年的月食。 这帮助古老的人学习了有关太阳，月亮和星星的行为的知识。 

“They were looking at the night sky and they had a much brighter vision than we do today,” Ortiz said. 

奥尔蒂斯说：“他们看着夜空，比我们今天的视野要明亮得多。” 

The ancient Greek thinker and writer Aristotle observed that Earths’ shadow on the moon during a lunar eclipse was always curved. This fact supported proof that the Earth is round. 

古希腊的思想家和作家亚里斯多德（Aristotle）观察到，在月食期间，地球在月球上的阴影总是弯曲的。 这个事实支持了地球是圆形的证据。 

The next total lunar eclipse will appear in the sky September 7, across parts of Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe. Parts of the Americas will get the next chance to see one in March 2026. 

下一个月食将于9月7日在亚洲，非洲，澳大利亚和欧洲的部分地区出现在天空中。 美洲的部分地区将在2026年3月获得下一个机会。