whens the lunar eclipse 2026

June 28, 2026

The next lunar eclipse in 2026 is a total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026 (night of March 2–3, depending on your location).

🌑 Quick Scoop: When’s the 2026 lunar eclipse?

Date: March 3, 2026 (early hours of March 3 in UTC; evening of March 2 to early March 3 in the Americas).

Type: Total lunar eclipse, also known as a “blood moon.”

Special note: It’s the last total lunar eclipse anywhere on Earth until the New Year’s Eve 2028–2029 eclipse.

There is another lunar eclipse in 2026 as well: a partial lunar eclipse on August 28, 2026.

Where it will be visible

The March 3 total eclipse is visible across large parts of North America, Asia, and Australia, though exact phases you see depend on your location.

For many in North America, the eclipse happens in the early morning hours of March 3.

Key times (example, in UTC)

From a global schedule:

Penumbral eclipse begins: around 08:44 UTC, March 3
Partial begins: around 09:50 UTC
Totality begins: around 11:04 UTC
Maximum eclipse: around 11:34 UTC
Totality ends: around 12:03 UTC
Partial ends: around 13:17 UTC
Penumbral ends: around 14:23 UTC

(Your local clock time will differ, but the sequence of stages is the same.)

Mini “what to expect” story

Picture this: it’s the quiet early hours of March 3, 2026.
The Moon is high, bright, and full—then, slowly, a dark bite appears on one edge as Earth’s shadow starts to slide across it. Over the next hour or so, the bright disk fades into a deep, eerie red as the Moon slips fully into Earth’s umbra, creating that classic blood -colored glow people rush outside to see.

Quick HTML table of the March 3, 2026 eclipse (UTC)

html

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Stage</th>
      <th>Time (UTC)</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Penumbral eclipse begins</td>
      <td>08:44</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Partial eclipse begins</td>
      <td>09:50</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Total eclipse begins</td>
      <td>11:04</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Maximum eclipse</td>
      <td>11:34</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Total eclipse ends</td>
      <td>12:03</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Partial eclipse ends</td>
      <td>13:17</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Penumbral eclipse ends</td>
      <td>14:23</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

*(Times rounded to the nearest minute from published global schedules.) *

Trending / “latest news” angle

Space and astronomy outlets are treating this as a big sky event because it’s the first lunar eclipse of 2026 and the last total one for a few years.

NASA and major astronomy sites are publishing guides, visibility maps, and Q&A pages to help people plan viewing, especially across North America.

Bottom note: Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.