Set your alarm early on March 3, 2026. If you’re in Southwest Florida, you’ll have a front-row seat to a total lunar eclipse, a real “Blood Moon.”
During this event, Earth moves right between the sun and the moon, painting the moon’s surface with a deep, coppery red.
This eclipse is visible all over Florida, but timing matters. It starts off subtle, a gentle shadow, around 3:44 a.m. EST for places like Naples, Fort Myers, and Cape Coral. The actual show begins at 6:04 a.m., when the moon glows that unmistakable red. The peak, maximum eclipse, hits at 6:33 a.m. By that time, the moon will hang low in the west, looking huge and dramatic. It sets soon after, between 6:50 and 6:55 a.m…