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.