# Total Lunar Eclipse 2026 – New Orleans (MAF 20260303 LunarEclipse-Broll)

A total lunar eclipse rises over New Orleans, home of NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility, in the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 3. A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth passes directly between the Sun and Moon, casting a huge shadow across the Moon’s surface. The Moon appears dark red or orange as the Sun’s light filters through Earth’s atmosphere.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2026
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Total_Lunar_Eclipse_2026_%E2%80%93_New_Orleans_(MAF_20260303_LunarEclipse-Broll).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/187682854?play=1)