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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia

Mar 3, 2026 at 7:33 pm
Max View in Sibu, Sarawak
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Sibu, Sarawak
Begins: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 6:41 pm
Maximum: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 7:33 pm 1.150 Magnitude
Ends: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 41 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Sibu

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:44 pm Tue, Mar 3Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 80°
-28.8°
5:50 pm Tue, Mar 3Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 82°
-13.2°
6:41 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 83°
-0.2°
7:04 pm Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.
Map direction East 83°
4.8°
7:33 pm Tue, Mar 3
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 83°
11.8°
8:02 pm Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 84°
18.8°
9:17 pm Tue, Mar 3
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 84°
36.8°
10:23 pm Tue, Mar 3
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East 83°
52.9°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Sibu

Eclipse Visibility From SibuVisibility 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
Jul 22, 2028 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

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