March 3, 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse in Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area, Georgia, USA

Mar 3, 2026 at 6:33 am

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Global Event:	Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type:	Total Lunar Eclipse in Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area, Georgia
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 7:02 am
Duration:	3 hours, 18 minutes
All times shown on this page are local time.

March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below.

Time	Phase	Event	Direction	Altitude
3:44 am Tue, Mar 3		Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.	249°	39.7°
4:50 am Tue, Mar 3		Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.	259°	26.5°
6:04 am Tue, Mar 3		Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.	270°	11.2°
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.	273°	5.2°
7:02 am Tue, Mar 3	Setting	Moonset 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.	277°	-0.2°
7:02 am Tue, Mar 3	Not directly visible	Total Eclipse ends Below horizon	277°	-0.2°
8:17 am Tue, Mar 3	Not directly visible	Partial Eclipse ends Below horizon	287°	-15.8°
9:23 am Tue, Mar 3	Not directly visible	Penumbral Eclipse ends Below horizon	297°	-28.3°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

In the past, this day was cloudy 55% of the time (since 2000).

Eclipse Visibility From Macon-Bibb County, GA Metro Area		Visibility Worldwide
	Mar 13–14, 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse	Total Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse	Partial Lunar Eclipse
	Feb 20, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
	Aug 17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
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