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Total Lunar Eclipse Paints ‘Blood Moon’ Over Pacific Skies Today

Viewers in Europe will need livestreams to follow the roughly hourlong totality around midday MEZ.

Overview

  • - The event on 3 March features totality from 12:04 to 13:02 MEZ with maximum at 12:33, framed by a 09:44 penumbral start and a 15:23 final fade.
  • - Visibility spans western North America, eastern Russia, East Asia, Australia and the Pacific, with Germany and the rest of Europe outside the viewing zone.
  • - Timeanddate is streaming from multiple global sites from 10:30 MEZ, the Virtual Telescope Project begins at 09:30 MEZ, and Griffith Observatory plans coverage weather permitting.
  • - The Moon’s red hue occurs because Earth’s atmosphere bends and filters sunlight, sending predominantly red wavelengths into the umbra.
  • - This eclipse closes a recent trio of totals; a deep partial returns on 28 August 2026, and the next total arrives on 31 December 2028.