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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Billings, MT, USA

Mar 3, 2026 at 4:33 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Billings, Montana
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 6:52 am
Duration: 5 hours, 8 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Billings

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
1:44 am Tue, Mar 3
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southwest 211°
46.6°
2:50 am Tue, Mar 3
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 230°
39.0°
4:04 am Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West-southwest 248°
27.8°
4:33 am Tue, Mar 3
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-southwest 253°
23.0°
5:02 am Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 259°
18.1°
6:17 am Tue, Mar 3
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.
Map direction West 272°
5.4°
6:52 am Tue, Mar 3SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West 278°
-0.2°
7:23 am Tue, Mar 3Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 283°
-6.0°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Billings

Eclipse Visibility From BillingsVisibility 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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