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Nashville, Tennessee – Tennesseans should mark March 3 now, when a rare 58-minute Blood Moon will unfold across the state, delivering Tennessee’s last visible total lunar eclipse until 2028.
According to NASA eclipse timing data, totality begins at 5:04 a.m. Central Time on March 3 and peaks at 5:33 a.m., when the Moon turns deep red inside Earth’s shadow. In Middle and West Tennessee, including Nashville and Memphis, totality runs from 5:04 to 6:03 a.m. CT. In East Tennessee, including Knoxville and Chattanooga, which observe Eastern Time, totality occurs from 6:04 to 7:03 a.m. ET. The Moon will sit low along the western horizon and may set during totality, tightening the viewing window as sunrise approaches…