March 3, 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse in Northern California Coast Range Preserve (NCCRP), California, USA

Mar 3, 2026 at 3:33 am

Max View in Northern California Coast Range Preserve (NCCRP), California

Global Event:	Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type:	Total Lunar Eclipse in Northern California Coast Range Preserve (NCCRP), 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 6:23 am
Duration:	5 hours, 39 minutes
All times shown on this page are local time.

March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Northern California Coast Range Preserve (NCCRP)

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

Time	Event	Direction	Altitude
12:44 am Tue, Mar 3	Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.	190°	56.4°
1:50 am Tue, Mar 3	Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.	216°	51.1°
3:04 am Tue, Mar 3	Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.	237°	40.5°
3:33 am Tue, Mar 3	Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.	244°	35.6°
4:02 am Tue, Mar 3	Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.	250°	30.4°
5:17 am Tue, Mar 3	Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.	263°	16.7°
6:23 am Tue, Mar 3	Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends. Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.	273°	4.3°

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

In the past, this day was cloudy 64% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

Eclipse Visibility From Northern California Coast Range Preserve (NCCRP)		Visibility Worldwide
	Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 16–17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Jan 11, 2028 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Dec 31, 2028 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
Note: Click on the date link for details in Northern California Coast Range Preserve (NCCRP), or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.