totality

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Totality, or when the Earth completely covers the moon, is at 3:04 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Totality: Day turns to night, but be aware also of changes in temperature, in the wind, in the clouds and in birdsong.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024

Total eclipses are the shortest: Totality, which is the point when the sun is completely blacked out, only lasts between 10 seconds and seven and a half minutes.

From National Geographic • Oct. 2, 2023

Totality will last for roughly 90 minutes until 3:41 a.m., and by 5:56 a.m. the moon will have returned to its well-known silvery hue.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2022

Totality lasted from two to three minutes, and the track stretched from Norway to Japan.

From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Dolmage, Cecil Goodrich Julius