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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Belize City, Belize

Mar 3, 2026 at 5:33 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Belize City
Begins: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 2:44 am
Maximum: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 5:33 am 1.150 Magnitude
Ends: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 6:12 am
Duration: 3 hours, 28 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Belize City

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
2:44 am Tue, Mar 3
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West 260°
47.7°
3:50 am Tue, Mar 3
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West 266°
32.4°
5:04 am Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West 271°
15.0°
5:33 am 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 West.
Map direction West 273°
8.3°
6:02 am Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction West 275°
1.7°
6:12 am Tue, Mar 3SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West 276°
-0.2°
7:17 am Tue, Mar 3Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 281°
-15.7°
8:23 am Tue, Mar 3Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 287°
-30.4°

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 Belize City. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Belize City

Eclipse Visibility From Belize CityVisibility 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
Feb 20, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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