(NEXSTAR) – A treat awaits sky gazers in the month of March – the moon will take on a deep, reddish hue as it slips into the Earth's shadow during a total lunar eclipse.

The celestial phenomenon will begin late March 13 and continue into the early hours of March 14, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Brenda Culbertson told Nexstar's KSNT.

The moon, which does not create its own light, is visible thanks to sunlight reflecting off of it. The different phases of the moon appear as the moon orbits Earth, changing our perspective of the half-lit moon, according to NASA.

While the Earth's shadow does not cause Moon phases, it is responsible for a lunar eclipse, which becomes total when the Moon moves into the darkest part of the Earth's shadow, called the umbra.