March 2026 lunar eclipse


A total lunar eclipse will take place on March 3, 2026.

Visibility

It will be completely visible over the Pacific, western USA and Canada, and New Zealand, will be seen rising over Australia and Asia, and setting over the rest of the Americas.

Related eclipses

Lunar year series

Saros series

This lunar eclipse is part of series 133 of the Saros cycle, which repeats every 18 years and 11 days. Series 133 runs from the year 1557 until 2819. The previous eclipse of this series occurred on February 21, 2008 and the next will occur on March 13, 2044.
It is the 7th of 21 total lunar eclipses in series 133. The first was on December 28, 1917. The last will be on August 3, 2278. The longest two occurrences of this series will last for a total of 1 hour and 42 minutes on May 18, 2152 and May 30, 2170. Solar saros 140 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Metonic cycle (19 years)

Inex series

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days. This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 140.
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