Burlington, Vermont – Vermonters should circle March 3 now, when a rare 58-minute Blood Moon will unfold from 6:04 to 7:03 a.m., marking the state’s last visible total lunar eclipse until 2028.
According to NASA eclipse timing data, totality begins at 6:04 a.m. Eastern Time on March 3 and peaks at 6:33 a.m., when the Moon turns a deep copper-red inside Earth’s shadow. The Moon will sit low in the western sky and may set during totality, particularly across eastern Vermont, shortening the viewing window as daylight increases.
In Burlington, Waterfront Park along Lake Champlain offers wide western views. Higher elevations near Mount Philo and overlooks around Stowe provide darker skies and clearer sightlines. Montpelier and Rutland residents should seek open fields or hilltops away from streetlights to reduce glare.
The partial eclipse begins around 5:04 a.m., giving early risers nearly an hour to watch Earth’s shadow steadily cover the Moon before totality. No eclipse glasses are required, and binoculars can enhance surface detail and color variation.
Cloud cover could interfere, so checking local weather conditions on March 2 is critical. Once the Moon dips below the horizon the morning of March 3, Vermont will not see another total lunar eclipse until 2028 — making this pre-sunrise event worth planning for now.
