Salt Lake City, Utah – Utahns should mark March 3 now, when a rare 58-minute Blood Moon will unfold from 4:04 to 5:03 a.m. Mountain Time, delivering the state’s last visible total lunar eclipse until 2028.
According to NASA eclipse timing data, totality begins at 4:04 a.m. MT on March 3 and peaks at 4:33 a.m., when the Moon turns deep red inside Earth’s shadow. The Moon will sit low along the western horizon and may set during totality, tightening the viewing window as early dawn light approaches.
Along the Wasatch Front, residents in Salt Lake City, Ogden and Provo should seek west-facing overlooks away from downtown lighting. The Great Salt Lake shoreline offers broad, unobstructed horizons. In southern Utah, communities near St. George and Cedar City benefit from darker desert skies, while national parks such as Canyonlands and Capitol Reef provide some of the best statewide contrast for viewing the red Moon.
The partial eclipse begins around 3:04 a.m. MT, 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 deepen the copper-red hues.
Cloud cover could interfere, so checking local weather conditions on March 2 is essential. Once the Moon dips below the horizon the morning of March 3, Utah will not see another total lunar eclipse until 2028 — making this pre-sunrise event worth planning for now.
