And Islanders are invited to join the Jersey Astronomy Club at Le Hocq Tower to watch the rare spectacle, which will be the longest lunar eclipse seen so far this century.
A blood moon occurs when the earth moves in front of the sun to cast a red-orange shadow on the full moon.
Neil Mahrer, from Jersey Astronomy Club, said: ‘What we are doing is taking some telescopes and binoculars to the south-east coast as it will not be that visible from our usual place at Les Creux,’ he said. ‘People can park in the car park opposite, come over and have a look.
‘The moon will be rising at 8.50 pm and will be in full eclipse by then and as the sun goes down the moon should take on a blood-red type colour.’
Mr Mahrer added that although total eclipses of the moon happened about every three to four years, this one was particularly special.
‘We get lunar eclipses every few years but they usually only happen during the middle of the night and do not eclipse as it is actually coming over the horizon,’ he said.
‘We are not likely to see anything as it comes up but in the remaining daylight you should start to see the reddish colour.’
Mr Mahrer said that the club would be setting up telescopes aimed at Jupiter, Saturn and Mars while waiting for the moon to become visible.
High-altitude, thin cloud and possible showers are forecast for Friday evening. However, Jersey Met duty forecaster Bryan de Gruchy, said there was a reasonable chance there would be some breaks in cloud cover.
‘It could be a bit hit and miss as there is probably going to be a bit of high, thin cloud around but we should see a few breaks which will allow people to get some good views,’ he said.
