HONOLULU (KHON2) — Set your alarm, so you can step outside and take a look up. In the late evening of March 2 and the early morning of March 3, a total lunar eclipse will redden the Moon over Hawaiʻi.
The partial eclipse begins at 11:50 p.m. on March 2, and totality begins at 1:04 a.m. on March 3. The eclipse will reach its maximum at 1:33 a.m., and totality will end at 2:02 a.m. with the partial eclipse ending at 3:17 a.m.
Earlier that day, from 3:36 a.m. to 4:14 a.m., the Moon will pass in front of Regulus in a lunar occulation. A lunar occultation occurs when the Moon passes in front of a star or planet and briefly blocks it from view…