{"id":187344,"date":"2026-02-21T08:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/187344\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T08:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:29:07","slug":"nick-strobel-lunar-eclipse-on-tap-for-march-3-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/187344\/","title":{"rendered":"NICK STROBEL: Lunar eclipse on tap for March 3 | Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight the waxing crescent will be on the west side of Aries and set at about 10:30 p.m. A couple of nights later, the moon will be at first-quarter phase right next to the Pleiades in Taurus and a week after that will be a very special full moon.<\/p>\n<p>At 1:50 a.m. on March 3, the full moon will begin to enter the umbra of Earth&#8217;s shadow to start a lunar eclipse. The moon will be completely in the umbra, getting an orange or red color, between 3:04 and 4:03 a.m. \u2014 59 minutes of totality. 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