{"id":202358,"date":"2026-03-03T16:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202358\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:12:14","slug":"a-total-lunar-eclipse-is-happening-tuesday-when-the-earth-turns-the-moon-blood-red-long-beach-post-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202358\/","title":{"rendered":"A total lunar eclipse is happening Tuesday, when the Earth turns the moon &#8216;blood&#8217; red \u2022 Long Beach Post News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally <a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/los-angeles-activities\/total-eclipse-tuesday-march-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">published by LAist<\/a> on March 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Topline: A total lunar eclipse is happening this Tuesday. That\u2019s when the earth will move directly between the sun and moon, casting a \u201cblood\u201d red color onto the moon.<\/p>\n<p>What:\u00a0It\u2019s going to be the first lunar eclipse of the year. The process is slated to start around midnight and last until dawn on Tuesday. It\u2019s called the \u201cBlood Moon\u201d because of the red hue the earth\u2019s atmosphere refracts onto the lunar surface as light from the sun passes through it.<\/p>\n<p>When:\u00a0Although the eclipse begins around midnight, it won\u2019t reach totality until 3:04 a.m., at which point it will be visible to the naked eye for about an hour. All of Southern California should be able to see it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/02105403\/0515-flowerbloodmoon-3-918482-xpqyrie9-817492-79Cngt9M.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-182142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0515-flowerbloodmoon-3-918482-xpqyrie9-817492-79Cngt9M-1024x781.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\"  \/><\/a>A blood moon seen rising behind the Queen Mary in Long Beach, on Sunday, May 15, 2022. Photo by Sarahi Apaez.<\/p>\n<p>How else can I watch:\u00a0The Griffith Observatory will be hosting a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/griffithobservatory.lacity.gov\/event\/total-lunar-eclipse-broadcast-march-3-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">live virtual broadcast<\/a>\u00a0of the celestial event from midnight to dawn.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s next:\u00a0This isn\u2019t the only lunar eclipse happening this year, but it is the only \u201ctotal eclipse,\u201d according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/eclipses\/future-eclipses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">NASA<\/a>. Another one is set to occur in August, but it will only be partially visible in North America. A solar eclipse will occur Aug. 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This article was originally published by LAist on March 1, 2026. Topline: A total lunar eclipse is happening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-202358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}