{"id":187510,"date":"2026-03-03T00:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/187510\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T00:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:16:09","slug":"total-lunar-eclipse-in-texas-heres-when-you-can-see-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/187510\/","title":{"rendered":"Total lunar eclipse in Texas: Here&#8217;s when you can see it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ooy7i7y5ofljrutk.jpg\" alt=\"How to watch the March 3 total lunar eclipse\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; A total lunar eclipse will occur in the skies in North Texas overnight on March 2. Here&#8217;s when and how to see it.<\/p>\n<p>   When &amp; how to see the lunar eclipse <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gettyimages-2233721526-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-97c6a84c=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">A partial lunar eclipse will begin around 4 a.m. on March 3, with the total eclipse beginning a little past 5 a.m.<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Around 5:30 a.m., the eclipse will reach its maximum phase, with the moon fully covered by the Earth&#8217;s shadow. This is marked by the moon taking on a reddish orange hue, commonly called a &#8220;blood moon&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Expect to see the eclipse begin to end around 6 a.m., with the partial lunar eclipse ending after 7:15 a.m.<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">No equipment is needed to see the lunar eclipse, although binoculars or telescopes will enhance your viewing experience. We&#8217;re keeping our fingers crossed for breaks in the clouds for more visibility.<\/p>\n<p> What causes a blood moon? <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/how-to-watch-the-march-3-total-lunar-eclipse-1.jpg\" alt=\"how-to-watch-the-march-3-total-lunar-eclipse-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-97c6a84c=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">A total lunar eclipse, commonly called a &#8220;blood moon&#8221;, occurs when the moon is fully situated within the Earth&#8217;s shadow, and the moon is full.<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Once the moon is fully in Earth&#8217;s shadow, the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere diffuses green and blue light but bends red light, projecting them onto the moon to give it that reddish orange hue.<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">FOX 4 meteorologist Kylie Capps explains the phenomenon as the Earth projecting every sunrise and sunset onto the moon at the same time.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">The next time a total lunar eclipse will be visible in North Texas is June 26, 2029.<\/p>\n<p> Send us your blood moon photos!  <\/p>\n<p data-v-1b07e41a=\"\">Snap a good picture of the total lunar eclipse? Send us your photos here and you could be featured on our newscasts or social media!<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story came from a FOX 4 weather forecast.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/science\/air-space\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air and Space<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/science\/eclipses\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eclipses<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/viral\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Viral<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-1b07e41a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; A total lunar eclipse will occur in the skies in North Texas overnight on March 2.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[18302,74842,223,2220,27,29,28,1711,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-187510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-air-space","9":"tag-eclipses","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-texas-headlines","14":"tag-texas-news","15":"tag-viral","16":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}