The full moon of March 13 will be accompanied by a total lunar eclipse. Fog permitting, we can watch it begin at around midnight on Thursday as the moon enters the earth’s shadow, or penumbra. The full eclipse comes at around 3 a.m. on Friday morning and will end at around sunrise. The vernal equinox follows a week later and begins the calendar year’s spring season.
A flutter—the collective noun—of butterflies has returned to the…