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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

Mar 3, 2026 at 4:33 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Whitehorse, Yukon
Begins: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 1:44 am
Maximum: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 4:33 am 1.150 Magnitude
Ends: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 7:23 am
Duration: 5 hours, 39 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Whitehorse

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:44 am Tue, Mar 3
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South 173°
35.5°
2:50 am Tue, Mar 3
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction South-southwest 192°
34.8°
4:04 am Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction Southwest 213°
31.0°
4:33 am Tue, Mar 3
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southwest 221°
28.7°
5:02 am Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southwest 229°
26.1°
6:17 am Tue, Mar 3
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 246°
18.3°
7:23 am Tue, Mar 3
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West 261°
10.6°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Whitehorse

Eclipse Visibility From WhitehorseVisibility Worldwide
Mar 13–14, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 12, 2026 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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