{"id":293278,"date":"2026-02-20T10:29:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/293278\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:29:06","slug":"blood-moon-lunar-eclipse-expected-on-march-3-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/293278\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Blood moon\u2019 lunar eclipse expected on March 3 in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP\u2019s journalism by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.scmp.com\/?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article&amp;campaign=rosetta_free_article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\">subscribing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hong Kong astronomy enthusiasts can expect a \u201cblood moon\u201d lunar eclipse early next month, with residents able to view the phenomenon with the naked eye from some places.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The global event will take place in the city on the evening of March 3, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe total eclipse process can be directly observed with [the naked] eye from [certain] places with an unobstructed view to the east, if weather permits,\u201d the Observatory said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The lunar eclipse is expected to begin before moonrise, at 6.22pm that day, when the moon starts to enter the Earth\u2019s shadow, known as the umbra.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The moon is expected to be completely covered by the umbra at 7.04pm, marking the start of the total eclipse phase.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The maximum eclipse is expected to occur at 7.34pm. The moon will begin its exit from the umbra at 8.03pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[162245,3146,162242,4431,162244,32091,162246,3653,8036,111,139,69,162243,147,182,1932,162241],"class_list":["post-293278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-creative-education-unit","tag-earth","tag-ho-koon-nature-education-cum-astronomical-centre","tag-hong-kong","tag-hong-kong-federation-of-youth-groups","tag-hong-kong-observatory","tag-hong-kong-space-museum","tag-lunar-eclipse","tag-moon","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-po-leung-kuk-ngan-po-ling-college","tag-science","tag-sun","tag-total-lunar-eclipse","tag-umbra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}