Florida whole lunar eclipse. What time to see purple, orange blood moon

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Total lunar eclipse, viewable throughout North America, will happen Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Blood moon supermoon is purple and orange. No particular glasses required.

A complete lunar eclipse is coming — and we’re, ahem, over the moon about it.

What is a lunar eclipse, and what does it look like?

A lunar eclipse happens when the solar, Earth, and moon align in order that the moon passes into Earth’s shadow.

A lunar eclipse is sort of totally different than a photo voltaic eclipse. It does not require any particular glasses, it is seen over an enormous swath of the Earth, you can see it for hours and totality will final for about 60 minutes.

The draw back is you will should be up very late – or very early, relying in your perspective – to see it.

Stunning pictures show lunar eclipse in Florida, blood moon, other super moons in the sky

If you reside within the U.S., it is possible for you to to see the eclipse beginning at 3:44 a.m. ET Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in response to NASA. During the evening, you’ll see the moon in a reddish hue, or a blood moon.

Totality lasts for a little more than an hour earlier than the moon begins to emerge from behind Earth’s shadow, in response to the favored website timeanddate.com. As the moon strikes into Earth’s shadow, often known as the umbra, it seems red-orange or a “ghostly copper color,” therefore its identify: blood moon, NASA says.

“During a lunar eclipse, the moon appears red or orange because any sunlight that’s not blocked by our planet is filtered through a thick slice of Earth’s atmosphere on its way to the lunar surface,” NASA says. “It’s as if all the world’s sunrises and sunsets are projected onto the moon.”

Photos of whole lunar eclipse in Florida

Two earlier total lunar eclipse events were in November 2022 and March 2025. Below are some gorgeous pictures of lunar eclipses, blood moons and different tremendous moons seen from Florida.

Countdown clock to 2026 whole lunar eclipse

If you reside within the U.S., it is possible for you to to see the eclipse beginning at 3:44 a.m. ET Tuesday, March 3, 2026.

The total eclipse will final about six hours. People in Florida can see the lunar eclipse throughout the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 3, 2026. The whole lunar eclipse might be seen in North America, South America, Eastern Europe, Asia, Australia and Antarctica.

Everything might be over by 6:23 a.m. ET March 3, 2026. Below is a countdown clock for the 2026 whole lunar eclipse.

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