{"id":507662,"date":"2026-03-01T16:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/507662\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T16:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:18:09","slug":"blood-worm-moon-to-light-up-cochranes-early-morning-sky-march-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/507662\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Worm Moon to light up Cochrane\u2019s early morning sky March 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cochrane skywatchers will want to set an early alarm for March 3rd as the \u201cBlood Worm Moon\u201d lunar eclipse unfolds in the pre-dawn hours.<\/p>\n

The total lunar eclipse will last roughly five and a half hours, with nearly one hour of totality \u2014 the dramatic stretch when the Moon turns a deep red.<\/p>\n

In southern Alberta, the event happens between midnight and dawn, with the Moon setting shortly before the eclipse fully wraps up.<\/p>\n

That means the best viewing window in Cochrane will be in the early morning hours before sunrise, looking west toward a clear horizon.<\/p>\n

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The forecast is looking promising. Monday, March 2nd is expected to be sunny with a high of -2\u00b0C and a clear overnight low near -8\u00b0C. Tuesday, March 3rd is currently forecast to be sunny with a high around 10\u00b0C, though clouds could increase later that night with a 30 percent chance of flurries and a low near -9\u00b0C. Early risers may catch a break before any cloud moves in.<\/p>\n

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If clouds do roll in, you can still catch the show online. The Griffith Observatory will host a live stream beginning March 3rd at 1:47 a.m. MST.<\/p>\n

Whether you bundle up and head outside in Cochrane or tune in online, this is one celestial event worth waking up for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cochrane skywatchers will want to set an early alarm for March 3rd as the \u201cBlood Worm Moon\u201d lunar…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,66],"class_list":["post-507662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}