{"id":457076,"date":"2026-03-04T12:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/457076\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:58:12","slug":"in-pictures-the-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse-wows-observers-across-north-america-asia-and-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/457076\/","title":{"rendered":"In pictures \u2013\u00a0the blood Moon lunar eclipse wows observers across North America, Asia and Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The March 3, 2026 total lunar eclipse was one of the most highly-anticipated celestial events of the year thus far.<\/p>\n

This ‘blood Moon’ eclipse saw the Moon turn red as Earth passed between the Sun and the Moon, casting our planet’s shadow onto the lunar surface.<\/p>\n

The lunar eclipse wasn’t visible in the UK, Europe or Africa, but was instead visible in North America, East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Observers watched as the full Moon slowly got darker and darker as Earth’s shadow passed across it.<\/p>\n

Then at the peak of totality, the Moon turned a deep, rusty red, caused by sunlight being refracted by Earth’s thick atmosphere on its way to the surface of the Moon.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the best images we’ve seen so far. If you managed to capture any images of the lunar eclipse of March 3, 2026, send them to us by emailing contactus@skyatnightmagazine.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And if you missed the lunar eclipse, you can still watch the full Worm Moon rise on the evening of March 3, 2026. Find out how in our guide to the 2026 Worm Moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe 2026 Worm Moon rises behind the Edge outdoor observation deck at Hudson Yards in New York City, 2 March 2026. Credit: Gary Hershorn\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\"TheThe blood Moon total lunar eclipse of March 3, 2026, captured by Anupam Naskar, Kolkata, India, 18:20 local time. Equipment: Nikon D7500 camera, Sigma 150-500 lens<\/p>\n

\"LorenzoLorenzo Mazzocchetti captured this image of the March 2026 lunar eclipse from South Australia<\/p>\n

\"TheThe March 3, 2026 lunar eclipse captured by Piers Laverty, Wahroonga, Sydney, Australia<\/p>\n

\"TheThe lunar eclipse of March 3, 2026 in black and white, by Tianyao Yang, Guyuan, Zhangjiakou, China. Equipment: Fujifilm GFX100II (Medium Format) camera, Fujifilm GF 500mm lens. Exposure ISO 500, f\/13, 1\/40s<\/p>\n

\"TheThe lunar eclipse of March 3, 2026 over Auckland, New Zealand. Photo by Phil Walter\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\"TheThe blood Moon of March 2026 over buildings in Manila in the Philippines. Photo by Ted ALJIBE \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\"LosLos Angeles, California, USA was one of the best places on Earth to see the March 3, 2026 total lunar eclipse. Photo by Frederic J. BROWN \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\"TheThe blood M above the buildings of Havana, Cuba, on March 3, 2026, during a total lunar eclipse. Photo by YAMIL LAGE \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\"TheThe lunar eclipse of March 3, 2026 seen over the city skyline in Toronto, Canada. Photo by Mert Alper Dervis\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\"TheThe ‘blood red’ full Moon during the total lunar eclipse of March 3, 2026 over Pinole, California, USA. Photo by Dan Hernandez\/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The March 3, 2026 total lunar eclipse was one of the most highly-anticipated celestial events of the year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-457076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}