II. Total lunar eclipse of 2026, March 3 The beginning of the eclipse is visible from Greenland, America, in the extreme Far East, the Pacific and the west of the Atlantic oceans. The end of the eclipse is visible from western North America, Asia, Aust- ralia, the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans. Universal time of geocentric opposition h m s in right ascension 2026, March 3, 11 56 12.2 Sun Moon h m s h m s Right ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 56 59.541 10 56 59.540 s s Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . +9.324 +118.803 o ' " o ' " Declination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6 42 44.79 +6 18 15.82 " " Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . +57.55 -932.78 " ' " Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . . 8.87 57 18.14 ' " ' " Apparent semidiameter . . . . . . . . . . 16 08.04 15 36.88 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra . . . . . . . March 3, 8 44.6 20.78 Moon enters umbra . . . . . . . . 9 49.6 20.85 Moon enters totality . . . . . . . 11 03.8 20.93 Greatest eclipse . . . . . . . . . 11 37.4 20.96 Moon leaves totality . . . . . . . 12 03.1 20.98 Moon leaves umbra . . . . . . . . 13 17.6 21.06 Moon leaves penumbra . . . . . . . 14 25.6 21.12 -------------------------------------------- Contacts| Position |The Moon being in the Zenith in of umbra| Angles |---------------------- with Limb| from the | | of Moon |North Point| Latitude | Longitude ---------|-----------|----------|----------- | o ' | o ' | o ' First | 96 10.3 | + 6 53.8 | 145 22.8 W Last | 320 16.4 | + 5 59.6 | 164 11.5 E Magnitude of the eclipse 1.157 " Angular radius of the penumbra 4503.09 " Angular radius of the umbra 2528.84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | |Magnitudes of I | | | |Magnitudes of T | s | d | P |--------------I T | s | d | P |------------- | | | |umbral| penum.I | | | |umbral| penum. | | | eclipse|eclipseI | | | eclipse|eclipse -----|-----|------|------|------|-------I-----|-----|------|------|------|------ h m| "| | o | | I h m| "| | o | | 8 40| 5560| 2.194| 104.7| - | - I11 40| 1304| 0.516| 21.2| 1.153| 2.207 50| 5259| 2.075| 103.9| - | 0.100 I 50| 1376| 0.544| 8.3| 1.115| 2.168 | | | | | I | | | | | 9 00| 4960| 1.958| 103.0| - | 0.259 I12 00| 1509| 0.597| 357.2| 1.044| 2.097 10| 4662| 1.840| 102.0| - | 0.418 I 10| 1689| 0.668| 348.2| 0.948| 2.002 20| 4365| 1.723| 100.9| - | 0.576 I 20| 1902| 0.752| 341.1| 0.834| 1.888 30| 4071| 1.607| 99.6| - | 0.732 I 30| 2138| 0.846| 335.4| 0.708| 1.762 40| 3779| 1.492| 98.1| - | 0.888 I 40| 2391| 0.946| 330.9| 0.573| 1.627 50| 3490| 1.378| 96.4| - | 1.042 I 50| 2656| 1.051| 327.3| 0.431| 1.485 | | | | | I | | | | | 10 00| 3205| 1.266| 94.3| 0.141| 1.194 I13 00| 2929| 1.159| 324.4| 0.285| 1.340 10| 2924| 1.155| 91.9| 0.290| 1.343 I 10| 3208| 1.270| 322.0| 0.136| 1.190 20| 2651| 1.047| 88.9| 0.436| 1.489 I 20| 3493| 1.382| 319.9| - | 1.038 30| 2386| 0.943| 85.3| 0.577| 1.630 I 30| 3781| 1.496| 318.2| - | 0.885 40| 2133| 0.843| 80.8| 0.712| 1.765 I 40| 4072| 1.612| 316.7| - | 0.729 50| 1896| 0.750| 75.1| 0.838| 1.891 I 50| 4365| 1.728| 315.4| - | 0.572 | | | | | I | | | | | 11 00| 1684| 0.666| 67.9| 0.951| 2.004 I14 00| 4660| 1.845| 314.3| - | 0.415 10| 1505| 0.595| 58.8| 1.046| 2.100 I 10| 4957| 1.962| 313.3| - | 0.256 20| 1374| 0.543| 47.7| 1.117| 2.170 I 20| 5255| 2.080| 312.4| - | 0.097 30| 1303| 0.515| 34.8| 1.154| 2.207 I 30| 5554| 2.199| 311.6| - | - T - universal time ( TDT - UT1 = 69.0s); s - the angular distance between the centers of the Moon and the shadow; d - the linear distance between the Moon's center and that of the shadow in terms of the shadow's radius; P - the position angle of the Moon's disk semi-diameter directed towards the shadow's center.