Here’s the big picture you need: a dramatic full moon, popularly called the Worm Moon, lit up the night sky as it rose behind the Penshaw Monument near Sunderland, England, on March 3, 2026. The spectacle was captured and shared in a series of lunar photographs and reports published early that Tuesday morning.
What made this moon special was a total lunar eclipse, which gave the satellite a striking crimson hue. The Earth’s shadow swept across the Moon, turning it red as the eclipse unfolded—and the event was visible across large parts of the globe, including Asia, Australia, the Pacific region, and the Americas.
Astronomers note that this was the third and final total lunar eclipse in a row. The sequence began with the first eclipse in March 2025, followed by a second in September 2025. If you’re hoping to catch another similar event, you’ll have to wait until December 31, 2028.
If you’d like to see the moment from different locations, there are numerous photos from places around the world:
- La Paz, Bolivia, during the night of March 2
- San Francisco overlooking the city skyline
- Auckland, New Zealand, as the Earth’s shadow passed over
- Coxilha, Brazil, amid corn harvest imagery
- The Golbasi district in Ankara, Turkey, with the full moon rising
- Los Angeles with people continuing their routines beneath the glowing sky
- The Edge at Hudson Yards in New York City through the moon’s descent
- Samut Prakarn, Thailand, framing the lunar glow
- Buenos Aires with the Moon in a waxing gibbous phase behind urban silhouettes
- Manila, Philippines, where residents watched the eclipse rise
- Salamina Island in Greece, as the Moon set beyond the Salamis Fighters monument
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