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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Mar 3, 2026 at 6:33 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Pontianak, West Kalimantan
Begins: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 5:53 pm
Maximum: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 6:33 pm 1.150 Magnitude
Ends: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 9:23 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Pontianak

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like in Pontianak. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times are local time (WIB) for Pontianak.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:44 pm Tue, Mar 3Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 81°
-31.6°
4:50 pm Tue, Mar 3Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 82°
-16.0°
5:53 pm Tue, Mar 3RisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East 83°
-0.2°
6:04 pm Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction East 83°
2.2°
6:33 pm Tue, Mar 3
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.
Map direction East 83°
9.1°
7:02 pm Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 83°
16.1°
8:17 pm Tue, Mar 3
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 82°
34.1°
9:23 pm Tue, Mar 3
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East 80°
50.1°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

This total lunar eclipse is fully visible in Pontianak. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Pontianak

Eclipse Visibility From PontianakVisibility Worldwide
Sep 7–8, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 6–7, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 2028 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

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