PARK CITY, UT — March brings one of 2026’s biggest skywatching moments: a total lunar eclipse just before dawn Tuesday, March 3, with the moon turning a coppery red as it passes into Earth’s shadow, according to NASA.
For Utah skywatchers, the eclipse starts subtly at 1:44 a.m. Mountain time when the moon enters Earth’s outer shadow, NASA says. The darker “bite” of the partial eclipse begins at 2:50 a.m., totality begins at 4:04 a.m. and runs until 5:03 a.m., before the moon gradually brightens again through sunrise, based on the stage-by-stage timing NASA publishes in Pacific and Eastern time zones…