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Vancouver 🇨🇦 — total lunar eclipse · 3 Mar 2026

On 3 Mar 2026, Vancouver saw totality — the blood moon — with the Moon up for the whole eclipse, with maximum at 03:33 GMT-8, the Moon 31° 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

Vancouver
Penumbra begins (P1)
00:44 GMT-8
faint shading
Partial begins (U1)
01:49 GMT-8
umbra touches the Moon
Totality begins (U2)
03:03 GMT-8
blood moon
Maximum eclipse
03:33 GMT-8
59m 25s of totality
Totality ends (U3)
04:03 GMT-8
Partial ends (U4)
05:17 GMT-8
Moon leaves the umbra
Penumbra ends (P4)
06:23 GMT-8
eclipse over
Moon altitude at max
31°
azimuth 239°
Moonrise / moonset
17:23 / 06:54
bracketing the eclipse
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Computed byOrbital Radar eclipse engine · Vancouver (49.28, -123.12) · cross-checked against NASA eclipse data