Hyderabad and Nalgonda to witness brief final phase of total lunar eclipse on March 3; moonrise expected at 6.22 p.m.

Residents of Hyderabad and Nalgonda volition beryllium capable to witnesser a information of the full lunar eclipse connected Tuesday (March 3, 2026) though the spectacle volition beryllium constricted to the concluding signifier aft moonrise, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Timings of lunar eclipse connected March 3, 2026

In India, the eclipse would statesman astatine 3.20 p.m. and extremity astatine 6.48 p.m., with the full signifier lasting from 4.34 p.m. to 5.33 p.m. However, successful these 2 locations of Telangana, the Moon volition emergence lone aft the totality has concluded, restricting visibility to the last umbral phase, which is the signifier of a lunar eclipse erstwhile the Moon passes done the Earth’s darkest cardinal shadow, called the umbra, causing a noticeable darkening oregon reddening of the Moon.

What is lunar eclipse?

A lunar eclipse occurs connected a afloat satellite time erstwhile the Earth moves betwixt the Sun and the Moon, causing the Earth’s shadiness to autumn connected the lunar surface. A full lunar eclipse takes spot erstwhile the Moon passes wholly done the Earth’s umbral shadow.

In Hyderabad, moonrise is expected astatine 6.22 p.m., giving observers a viewing model of astir 26 minutes until the umbral signifier ends astatine 6.48 p.m. In Nalgonda district, the Moon is apt to emergence astatine astir 6.19 p.m., allowing astir 29 minutes of visibility nether akin conditions.

The IMD said the eclipse volition beryllium disposable from astir parts of India, barring immoderate regions successful the utmost west. In contrast, parts of northbound eastbound India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are expected to witnesser the extremity of the totality phase, arsenic the Moon rises earlier successful those areas.

Globally, the full lunar eclipse volition beryllium disposable crossed ample parts of eastbound Asia, Australia, the Pacific Ocean and the Americas. The magnitude of the eclipse is 1.155, indicating a heavy transition of the Moon done the Earth’s shadow.

Date of adjacent lunar eclipse

The IMD noted that the adjacent lunar eclipse disposable from India volition hap connected July 6, 2028, and volition beryllium a partial lunar eclipse. The past full lunar eclipse disposable from the state took spot connected September 7 and 8, 2025.