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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Broadway, VA, USA

Mar 3, 2026 at 6:33 am
Max View in Broadway, Virginia
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Broadway, Virginia
Begins: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 3:44 am
Maximum: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 6:33 am 1.150 Magnitude
Ends: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 6:46 am
Duration: 3 hours, 2 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Broadway

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:44 am Tue, Mar 3
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West-southwest 249°
33.8°
4:50 am Tue, Mar 3
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West 260°
21.6°
6:04 am 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 West.
Map direction West 271°
7.3°
6:33 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.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction West 276°
1.9°
6:46 am Tue, Mar 3SettingMoonset Setting, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase makes the Moon so dim before it sets, that it might disappear from view some time before it sets.Map direction West 278°
-0.2°
7:02 am Tue, Mar 3Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 280°
-3.8°
8:17 am Tue, Mar 3Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 292°
-17.6°
9:23 am Tue, Mar 3Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Northwest 304°
-28.7°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Broadway

Eclipse Visibility From BroadwayVisibility 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
Feb 20, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Broadway, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

Next total solar eclipse visible in Broadway

Next annular eclipse visible in Broadway

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