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It is probably not as dramatic as a complete photo voltaic eclipse, however there’s one thing equally epic about watching Earth’s shadow regularly engulfing and coloring the moon throughout a complete lunar eclipse. The subsequent complete lunar eclipse — colloquially referred to as a “blood moon” — will happen on Sept. 7-8, 2025, however it will not be one other 177 days till the phenomenon is seen from elements of North America, on March 2-3, 2026.
An eclipse of the moon is a worldwide occasion, occurring at a particular time, and solely these on the night time aspect of Earth see it. On Sept. 7-8, North America will not be on the night time aspect, with prime visibility restricted to Africa, India, China and Australia. Western Europe will get a glimpse of the occasion at moonrise, however principally misses out on the occasion, too. That’s a disgrace as a result of the Sept.7-8 complete lunar eclipse will see the lunar floor flip reddish for 82 minutes, simply because it did on March 13-14, 2025, when moongazers in North America have been in prime place for some spectacular pictures.
However, precisely one lunar 12 months — 354 days (12 orbits of the moon round Earth) — later, one other complete lunar eclipse shall be seen from North America. The subsequent blood moon visible from North America will be overnight on March 2-3, 2026, when the lunar surface will turn reddish for 58 minutes. It will be seen from North America, Australia and East Asia, though the epicenter will be the Pacific Ocean.
It’s a case of the farther west you are in North America, the better view you’ll get. In fact, skywatchers in New York will see only a short totality at the moonset on March 3. Even in the Midwest, totality takes place close to the moonset, with only those west of Kansas seeing totality higher in the sky. That’s important because the moon tends to glow orange when it’s close to the horizon anyway, so the redness of totality loses its impact when it occurs close to the horizon.
Although the West Coast — California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska in the U.S., and British Columbia in Canada — will get to see all stages of the eclipse high in the sky, arguably the best places will be those with reliably clear skies. In March, your best chances are the desert southwest (the southern regions of California, Arizona and New Mexico) and Hawaii, according to data from Time and Date.
The March 2-3, 2026 complete lunar eclipse is the third of three in a row inside one lunar 12 months. Total lunar eclipses — which at all times happen throughout a full moon — typically arrive in triads, accompanied by no less than one photo voltaic eclipse two weeks earlier than and/or after. In this case, it is preceded by an annular photo voltaic eclipse brought on by a brand new moon on Feb. 17, 2026, throughout which 96% of the solar’s disk shall be blocked by the moon for as much as 2 minutes 20 seconds — however solely as seen from Antarctica.
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