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March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — LaGrange, GA, USA

Mar 3, 2026 at 6:33 am
Max View in LaGrange, Georgia
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in LaGrange, Georgia
Began: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 3:44 am
Maximum: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 6:33 am 1.150 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 7:08 am
Duration: 3 hours, 24 minutes

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Location

March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse — LaGrange

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in LaGrange. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (EST) for LaGrange.

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
3:44 am Tue, Mar 3
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face. Map direction West-southwest 247°
40.6°
4:50 am Tue, Mar 3
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red. Map direction West 259°
27.6°
6:04 am Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon. Map direction West 269°
12.3°
6:33 am Tue, Mar 3
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West. 		Map direction West 273°
6.3°
7:02 am Tue, Mar 3
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see. 		Map direction West 276°
0.7°
7:08 am Tue, Mar 3 Setting Moonset Setting Map direction West 277°
-0.2°
8:17 am Tue, Mar 3 Not directly visible Partial Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction West-northwest 286°
-14.7°
9:23 am Tue, Mar 3 Not directly visible Penumbral Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction West-northwest 297°
-27.2°

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

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in LaGrange. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Mar 3)

In the past, this day was cloudy 59% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in LaGrange

Eclipse Visibility From LaGrange Visibility Worldwide
Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 11–12, 2028 Partial Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 26, 2028 Partial Solar Eclipse Annular Solar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in LaGrange, or the path map image for global details.

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