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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Santa Clara, CA, USA

Mar 3, 2026 at 3:33 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Santa Clara, California
Begins: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 12:44 am
Maximum: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 3:33 am 1.150 Magnitude
Ends: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 6:23 am
Duration: 5 hours, 39 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Santa Clara

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
12:44 am Tue, Mar 3
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southwest 194°
58.5°
1:50 am Tue, Mar 3
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 220°
52.2°
3:04 am Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West-southwest 241°
40.6°
3:33 am Tue, Mar 3
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-southwest 247°
35.3°
4:02 am Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 252°
30.0°
5:17 am Tue, Mar 3
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 264°
15.6°
6:23 am Tue, Mar 3
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.
Map direction West 274°
2.9°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Santa Clara

Eclipse Visibility From Santa ClaraVisibility 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
Aug 16–17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 11, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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