{"id":501444,"date":"2026-03-03T15:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/501444\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:26:11","slug":"totality-is-over-feast-your-eyes-on-the-1st-photos-of-the-blood-moon-total-lunar-eclipse-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/501444\/","title":{"rendered":"Totality is over \u2014 Feast your eyes on the 1st photos of the blood moon total lunar eclipse 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

An incredible total lunar eclipse is still unfolding across North America, though totality has now come to an end. Earth’s shadow transformed the full moon into a dramatic blood moon earlier tonight and the first mesmerizing images are already pouring in.<\/p>\n

Breathtaking views of both the partial and spectacular blood moon phases of the total lunar eclipse<\/a> are already flooding the internet, captured by photographers situated in America and Oceania.<\/p>\n

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While totality has ended, the eclipse is far from over. Be sure to follow along with our total lunar eclipse live blog<\/a> and to read our watch live article<\/a> to discover where to stream the eclipse online for free!<\/p>\n

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First views of the March 3 total lunar eclipse<\/p>\n

Mirko Harnisch and the Dunedin Astronomical Society captured a gorgeous view of the full moon during the partial eclipse phase<\/a> from New Zealand, as seen in this still from The Virtual Telescope Project livestream.<\/p>\n

The image was captured shortly after Earth<\/a>‘s curved inner shadow began its slow journey across the lunar disk, darkening the lunar seas sprawling across the western portion of its surface. The March full moon<\/a> is commonly known as the Worm Moon and is named for the time of year when the ground softens to allow earthworms and burrowing beetles to emerge.<\/p>\n

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Earth’s shadow begins its slow creep across the moon during the March 3 eclipse, as seen from New Zealand in the southern hemisphere. (Image credit: Mirko Harnisch & Dunedin Astronomical Society, (New Zealand) via The Virtual Telescope Project.)<\/p>\n

Photographer Ted Aljibe captured a gorgeous view of the partially eclipsed full moon as it rose over the city of Manila in the Philippines, as Earth’s shadow veiled the lower part of its disk.<\/p>\n

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An eclipsed moon rises over Manila. (Image credit: Photo by Ted ALJIBE \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Our next view comes courtesy of Time and Date and was taken as a small crescent of the lunar disk peeked out around the massive sweep of our planet’s umbral shadow late into the partial phase. The dark basaltic plain of Mare Crisium (the Sea of Crisis) can be seen as a small oval at the top of the sunlit portion, with Mare Fecunditatis (the Sea of Fertility) below, marking regions where liquid lava once flooded the lunar surface.<\/p>\n

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Earth’s shadow darkens the lunar surface shortly before the onset of the blood moon phase during totality. (Image credit: Time and Date.)<\/p>\n

Harnisch and the Dunedin Astronomical Society were able to capture another gorgeous view of the lunar disk as it hung over New Zealand during totality, as sunlight filtered by Earth’s atmosphere<\/a> was bent onto its ancient surface, transforming the worm moon into a dramatic blood moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The fully eclipsed blood moon shines over New Zealand. (Image credit: Mirko Harnisch & Dunedin Astronomical Society (New Zealand) via the Virtual Telescope Project)<\/p>\n

Time and Date provided yet another perspective of the blood moon from its mobile observatory in Yucca Valley, California, in which the outlines of the lunar seas can be seen darkening the crimson orb as it drifted silently behind Earth, hidden from the sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A view of totality from Yucca Valley, California (Image credit: Time and Date.)<\/p>\n

Finally, photographer Phil Walker snapped this impressive view of the full moon during totality from northern New Zealand, as it bathed in the light of every sunrise and sunset on Earth.<\/p>\n

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Totality observed from northern New Zealand by photographer Phil Walter. (Image credit: Photo by Phil Walter\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Be sure to follow along live with our total lunar eclipse live blog<\/a>, which will keep you up to date with all of the major milestones as Earth’s shadow slips inexorably from the face of its natural satellite. The March 3 eclipse will draw to a close at 9:23 a.m. EST (1423 GMT), when the outer part of Earth’s shadow \u2014 known as its penumbral shadow \u2014 departs the lunar disk.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: If you would like to share your photos of the March 3 blood moon eclipse with Space.com’s readers, then please send your images along with your comments, name and location to spacephotos@space.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An incredible total lunar eclipse is still unfolding across North America, though totality has now come to an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-501444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}