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Richmond, Virginia – Virginians should mark March 3 now, when a rare 58-minute Blood Moon will unfold from 6:04 to 7:03 a.m., delivering the Commonwealth’s last visible total lunar eclipse until 2028.
According to NASA eclipse timing data, totality begins at 6:04 a.m. Eastern Time on March 3 and peaks at 6:33 a.m., when the Moon turns a deep copper-red inside Earth’s shadow. The Moon will sit low along the western horizon and may set during totality, particularly across eastern Virginia and the Hampton Roads region, narrowing the viewing window as sunrise approaches…