This is the total eclipse of the Moon of March 3, 2026, captured during the partial phase nearly half an hour - 28 minutes - before the start of the hour-long totality, with a large portion of the eastern side of the Moon's disk still lit by "normal" sunlight, though that area is still in the penumbral shadow of the Earth. The rest of the disk is within the dark red umbral shadow. The boundary area between the umbra and penumbral shadow looks a pale blue-pink colour. This was from home in southern Alberta at about 3:35 am MST. The field is 1.3º by 0.9º. This is #1 of 6 in a series taken at

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