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Anchorage 🇺🇸 — total lunar eclipse · 3 Mar 2026

On 3 Mar 2026, Anchorage saw totality — the blood moon — with the Moon up for the whole eclipse, with maximum at 02:33 GMT-9, the Moon 32° above the horizon. No eye protection is needed. This eclipse has ended — replay the live view or jump to the next eclipse (28 Aug 2026).

Local timeline

Anchorage
Penumbra begins (P1)
23:44 GMT-9
faint shading
Partial begins (U1)
00:49 GMT-9
umbra touches the Moon
Totality begins (U2)
02:03 GMT-9
blood moon
Maximum eclipse
02:33 GMT-9
59m 25s of totality
Totality ends (U3)
03:03 GMT-9
Partial ends (U4)
04:17 GMT-9
Moon leaves the umbra
Penumbra ends (P4)
05:23 GMT-9
eclipse over
Moon altitude at max
32°
azimuth 205°
Moonrise / moonset
17:51 / 07:56
bracketing the eclipse
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Computed byOrbital Radar eclipse engine · Anchorage (61.22, -149.90) · cross-checked against NASA eclipse data