Overview
- New Zealand is expected to see the entire event overnight on March 3–4 local time, though MetService notes overnight cloud could still obscure views.
- NASA maps show totality visible across eastern Asia, Australia, the Pacific, and North and Central America, with partial views in central Asia and parts of South America and none in Africa or Europe.
- In Australia, the east coast can watch the full sequence, while central and western areas may miss the early stages before sunset, with totality lasting about an hour in all locations.
- Across the U.S., totality begins at 6:03 a.m. EST and lasts 59 minutes, with the western states favored for darker skies and the eastern states losing later stages to sunrise.
- India will see only the concluding phases after moonrise on March 3, with cities such as New Delhi and Mumbai catching the penumbral exit before the eclipse ends around 9:23 p.m. IST.