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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Tainan, Taiwan, Taiwan

Mar 3, 2026 at 7:33 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Tainan
Begins: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 5:55 pm
Maximum: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 7:33 pm 1.150 Magnitude
Ends: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 27 minutes

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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Tainan

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:44 pm Tue, Mar 3Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-northeast 75°
-16.2°
5:50 pm Tue, Mar 3Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 82°
-1.2°
5:55 pm Tue, Mar 3RisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East 82°
-0.2°
7:04 pm Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East 89°
14.5°
7:33 pm Tue, Mar 3
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 92°
20.9°
8:02 pm Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 95°
27.4°
9:17 pm Tue, Mar 3
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 105°
43.7°
10:23 pm Tue, Mar 3
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East-southeast 118°
57.4°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Tainan

Eclipse Visibility From TainanVisibility Worldwide
Sep 7–8, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 6–7, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2028–Jan 1, 2029 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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

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