Overview
- NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center released a timelapse of the March 3 total lunar eclipse over the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, visually linking the event to Artemis and SLS work on the ground.
- Astrophotographer Mike Shaw documented a thin bluish band during the partial phases, attributed to sunlight filtered through the ozone-rich upper stratosphere that transmits blue wavelengths.
- The eclipse unfolded over nearly six hours with about 58 minutes of totality, delivering full views across western North America, the Pacific, eastern Asia and Australia and standing as the last total lunar eclipse for the Americas until 2029.
- News outlets and observers shared extensive photography from Australia, India, Mexico, El Salvador, Thailand and Pakistan, capturing everything from city skylines to landmark alignments.
- Observers now look to a deep partial lunar eclipse on August 27–28, 2026 that will cover about 96% of the Moon and be visible across North America, South America, Europe and Africa, with the next global total due December 31, 2028.