This week's full moon won't just be any regular full moon.

For the first time in three years a lunar eclipse will adorn the night sky, appearing to turn a dazzling red color thus giving it the name "blood moon."

According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, March's full moon is also known as a "worm moon."

The "blood worm moon" will take place on the night of March 13 and will last into the early hours of the morning on March 14. The full moon will be visible from Tennessee beginning at 10:57 p.m. Central and will reach peak illumination at 1:55 a.m. on March 14, said the almanac.

Blood moons happen during a total lunar eclipse, when the moon is fully in Earth's shadow and a little bit of light from Earth's sunrises and sunsets falls on the surface of moon, making it appear red.

"During a lunar eclipse, the moon appears red or orange because any sunlight that's not blocked by our planet is filtered through a thick slice of Earth's atmosphere on its way to the lunar surface," said NASA. "It's as if all the world's sunrises and sunsets are projected onto the moon."

Why is March's full moon also known as the 'worm moon'?

The Old Farmer's Almanac derives moon names from various places, including including Native American, Colonial American, and European sources. For years, it was believed the name referred to the earthworms that appear as the soil warms in spring.

However, further research revealed that in the 1760s, Captain Jonathan Carver visited the Naudowessie (Dakota) and other Native American tribes. He wrote that the term "worm moon" actually referred to beetle larvae, which start to emerge from thawing tree bark and other winter shelters during the spring period.

Will weather obscure the view of the 'blood worm moon' in Tennessee?

Thursday's full moon coincides with an impending storm system, which is set to bring potentially severe weather to Middle Tennessee. According to the National Weather Service, all of Middle Tennessee has a 40-70% chance of light rain Thursday.

Middle Tennessee will experience some cloud cover on Thursday, which is expected to clear by late afternoon or early evening, said National Weather Service Meteorologist Ryan Husted. Clouds are then expected to return before sunrise on Friday as moisture moves in from the south ahead of the approaching storm system.

Weather shouldn't put too much of a damper on the full moon, though. According to the almanac, a little bit of rain can produce a rare phenomenon known as a "moonbow" -- a rainbow created from moonlight that is refracted through water droplets in the air.

"Moonbows only happen when the full moon is fairly low in the sky, so look for one in the hours after sunset when the sky is dark," said the almanac.