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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Orange County, California, USA

Mar 3, 2026 at 3:33 am
Max View in Orange County, California
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Orange County, California
Begins: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 12:44 am
Maximum: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 3:33 am 1.150 Magnitude
Ends: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 6:21 am
Duration: 5 hours, 38 minutes

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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Orange County

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
12:44 am Tue, Mar 3
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southwest 205°
60.8°
1:50 am Tue, Mar 3
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 229°
52.3°
3:04 am Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West-southwest 247°
39.0°
3:33 am Tue, Mar 3
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-southwest 253°
33.4°
4:02 am Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 257°
27.6°
5:17 am Tue, Mar 3
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 268°
12.5°
6:22 am Tue, Mar 3SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West 276°
-0.2°
6:23 am Tue, Mar 3Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 276°
-0.4°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Orange County

Eclipse Visibility From Orange CountyVisibility Worldwide
Mar 13–14, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 11, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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