Overview
- In central Argentina, the penumbral phase begins around 2:44 a.m. local time on March 3, with peak coloration near 5:33 a.m. and roughly 80 minutes of totality.
- The event will be visible across North and South America, the Pacific, and large parts of Asia and Oceania, with Argentina among the locations able to see it in full.
- NASA explains the reddish appearance results from Rayleigh scattering, which lets red and orange wavelengths reach the lunar surface as blue light is dispersed.
- Time and Date estimates about 2% of the global population will see every phase, while nearly 31%—around 2.5 billion people—can witness the totality.
- Observers can watch safely with the naked eye and improve photos by using night mode, a tripod, optical zoom, and dark-sky sites while monitoring local weather.