Last Total Lunar Eclipse Until 2029: Blood Moon Viewing Times for East Coast, West Coast and Central

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Last Total Lunar Eclipse Until 2029: Blood Moon Viewing Times for East Coast, West Coast and Central U.S.

Weather.com
By Joy Kigin
February 26, 2026


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The total lunar eclipse on Tuesday, March 3, will be visible across New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago and Miami, but east coast viewers only get 20 to 30 minutes before moonset. Find your exact viewing time and moonset information in the app to catch this rare celestial event.

I was just thinking about how Shakespeare used eclipses as omens. Gloucester in King Lear blamed "these late eclipses in the sun and moon" for everything falling apart. Othello imagined a "huge eclipse" darkening the sky to match his guilt. In their world, a red moon meant the universe itself was stained.

In 2026, our chaos is just the alarm clock. Well, mostly.

Early Tuesday morning, March 3, the moon will slide into Earth's shadow and turn deep red. A total lunar eclipse, or what pop culture has branded the "blood moon." It's the last one visible from the United States until 2029, which makes it rare enough to justify losing an hour of sleep. But whether you actually see it depends entirely on where you're standing and whether you know your moonset time.

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See all the best photos of tonight's rare Blood Moon: Incredible lunar eclipse impresses masses across the globe

Daily Mail
By JOE ROSSITER
3 March 2026



A rare 'blood moon' was visible across the world on Tuesday, with pictures capturing the red hue at famous locations.

During a total lunar eclipse, Earth lines up between the moon and the sun, hiding the moon from sunlight.

As a result, the moon turns a deep, dark red as the limited light that escapes is refracted – hence the 'blood moon' title.

It came as UK skygazers prepared for the 'worm moon', the first full moon of spring, which will be visible to UK skygazers in large parts of the country on Tuesday night.

Most visible from Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England, the second full moon of the year will be less clear in the cloudier south.

But it will lose its red colour in UK skies after the eclipse peaked at around 11.30am.

Dr Ed Bloomer, senior astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, said the UK would not get to see the eclipse.

'It's below the horizon for us. You get to see the Moon tonight, but you miss the bit where it reddens,' he said.

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