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Port Moresby 🇵🇬 — total lunar eclipse · 3 Mar 2026

On 3 Mar 2026, Port Moresby saw totality — the blood moon — with the Moon up for the whole eclipse, with maximum at 21:33 GMT+10, the Moon 44° 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

Port Moresby
Penumbra begins (P1)
18:44 GMT+10
faint shading
Partial begins (U1)
19:49 GMT+10
umbra touches the Moon
Totality begins (U2)
21:03 GMT+10
blood moon
Maximum eclipse
21:33 GMT+10
59m 25s of totality
Totality ends (U3)
22:03 GMT+10
Partial ends (U4)
23:17 GMT+10
Moon leaves the umbra
Penumbra ends (P4)
00:23 GMT+10
eclipse over
Moon altitude at max
44°
azimuth 71°
Moonrise / moonset
18:22 / 06:35
bracketing the eclipse
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Computed byOrbital Radar eclipse engine · Port Moresby (-9.44, 147.18) · cross-checked against NASA eclipse data