Photo: SAEED KHAN / AFP / Getty Images
This year's first total lunar eclipse will create a dramatic red "blood moon" simultaneously combining the sunrise with eclipsed moon.
The celestial display will be visible for more than 40% of the world's population.
In North America, those in the Eastern Time Zone will get to see the moon set during the early light of dawn during the total phase of the eclipse.
According to Space.com, "The Earth's dark umbral shadow over the full moon will appear blood-red — and will begin at 6:04 a.m. EST (1104 GMT) on March 3 and peak at 6:33 a.m. EST (1133 GMT). Totality will last for approximately 58 minutes, after which the moon will begin to exit from Earth's shadow."
It will be the last total lunar eclipse anywhere on Earth until New Year's Eve 2028-29.