{"id":25521,"date":"2026-03-01T09:42:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=25521"},"modified":"2026-03-05T13:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:52:30","slug":"lunar-eclipse-set-for-early-morning-on-tuesday-march-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/astronomy\/lunar-eclipse-set-for-early-morning-on-tuesday-march-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunar eclipse set for early morning on Tuesday, March 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Tonys-Takes\/n-hsSJf\/2019\/01-20-2019-Lunar-Eclipse\/i-gW3zr6d\/0\/MMBv3K738jDnLnnFdVTzrwdKn68wQQNZr9VJbCcqF\/X4\/2019-01-20%2021-49-47%20-%200039-X4.jpg\" alt=\"A total lunar eclipse will occur on the morning of Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (\u00a9 Tony's Takes)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A total lunar eclipse will occur on the morning of Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (\u00a9 Tony&#8217;s Takes)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A very fun celestial event is set for tomorrow morning, but clouds may very well intrude and prevent viewing.<\/p>\n<p>The partial eclipse begins at 2:50am with totality starting at 4:04am and lasting until 5:02am.\u00a0Our big concern right now is the potential for cloud cover.<\/p>\n<p>At the current time, forecasts show the sky to be mostly clear up until about the time totality begins. Then, we expect a sharp, fast increase in cloud cover with the arrival of a cold front. As such, viewing may be hit or miss.<\/p>\n<p>Set your alarm, get up and take a look, and if clouds are in the way, you are free to go right back to bed. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/forecast-point.php\">You can view the latest hour-by-hour forecast here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/eclipse\/in\/usa\/denver?iso=20260303\">Time and Date &#8211; March 3, 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very fun celestial event is set for tomorrow morning, but clouds may very well intrude and prevent viewing. The partial eclipse begins at 2:50am with totality starting at 4:04am and lasting until 5:02am.\u00a0Our big concern right now is the potential for cloud cover. At the current time, forecasts show the sky to be mostly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/astronomy\/lunar-eclipse-set-for-early-morning-on-tuesday-march-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lunar eclipse set for early morning on Tuesday, March 3<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[474],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25521"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25526,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25521\/revisions\/25526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}