Earth At Night News

Moonlit Earth Traces the March 2026 Lunar Eclipse

NASA's Earth Observatory uses NOAA-21's VIIRS day-night imagery to show how moonlight dimmed during the March 3, 2026 total lunar eclipse, revealing auroras, snow-covered Arctic terrain, and artificial lights in Alaska as the eclipse progressed from total to partial; the next total lunar eclipse is expected December 31, 2028.