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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Shantou, Guangdong, China

Mar 3, 2026 at 7:33 pm
Max View in Shantou, Guangdong
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Shantou, Guangdong
Begins: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 6:10 pm
Maximum: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 7:33 pm 1.150 Magnitude
Ends: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 12 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Shantou

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:44 pm Tue, Mar 3Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 73°
-19.4°
5:50 pm Tue, Mar 3Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 80°
-5.3°
6:10 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 82°
-0.2°
7:04 pm Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East 87°
11.1°
7:33 pm Tue, Mar 3
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 90°
17.5°
8:02 pm Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 93°
24.0°
9:17 pm Tue, Mar 3
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 103°
40.4°
10:23 pm Tue, Mar 3
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 115°
54.2°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Shantou

Eclipse Visibility From ShantouVisibility 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
Dec 31, 2028–Jan 1, 2029 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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