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March’s Full Blood Moon Will Feature a Total Lunar Eclipse: Here’s When to See It

The eclipse will be visible across North America, but you’ll need to stay up late to see it.

Total lunar eclipses are a little bit like supermoons because they come in batches. You get a couple of years to see a few of them before a long wait for the next one. March’s full moon features a total lunar eclipse, and it’s the final in a trio of such eclipses that dates back to March 2025. If you miss this one, you won’t get another chance to see another until New Year’s Eve in 2028.

According to The Farmer’s Almanac, March’s full moon is happening on March 3. It’ll reach peak illumination, when the moon is at its fullest, at 6:38 a.m. ET. You won’t see the full moon in all of its majesty, even if you’re outside at that exact time, because the moon will be in the middle of its eclipse.

Those hoping to see the eclipse should consider brewing an extra pot of coffee. The show starts at 3:44 a.m. ET as the moon begins to move into Earth’s shadow, a region known as the penumbra. The moon will darken during this time as Earth starts to block sunlight. This phase lasts until 4:50 a.m. ET when the moon enters the umbra, the spot behind Earth where all direct light from the sun is blocked. The moon will enter its maximum eclipse at 6:33 a.m. ET.

The moon will turn into a blood moon during this time. As sunlight passes through Earth’s atmosphere, shorter blue wavelengths scatter, while longer red and orange hues are refracted toward the moon. This gives the blood moon its signature reddish look.

This phase of the eclipse will last until 8:17 a.m. ET when the moon enters penumbra again. The eclipse ends at 9:23 a.m. once it leaves the penumbra for the final time.

Will I see the lunar eclipse?

Everyone in North America will have a chance to see the lunar eclipse, though not everyone will experience it equally. The central path of the eclipse rips right down the center of the Pacific Ocean, so only people on the West Coast, Alaska and western Canada can see the whole thing. The further east you go, the less of the eclipse you’ll be able to see.

The website Time and Date offers a map showing who can see the eclipse and how much they’ll see. It’s almost perfectly lined up with US time zones, so here’s how well you’ll be able to see the eclipse based on where you live.

Pacific Time: The full eclipse will be visible from beginning to end.
Mountain Time: The full eclipse will be visible, but you may miss part of the penumbra phase.
Central Time: The entire eclipse will be visible, but you’ll miss more of the penumbra phase. People residing near the western end of the Eastern Time Zone will also experience this level of eclipse.
Eastern time: Most of the eclipse will be visible, and you’ll miss a significant part of the penumbra phase.

Do I need special equipment to see the lunar eclipse?

You won’t need any special equipment to see the lunar eclipse.

It’ll be the brightest thing in the night sky, and the moonlight isn’t a danger to human eyes as it would be during a solar eclipse.

The only thing you’ll need is caffeine, because this all takes place in the middle of the night and very early morning.

The next lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipses tend to happen in batches of three. The last two occurred in March and September 2025, with the final member of the trio coming on March 3, 2026. Once that one passes, the next trio of lunar eclipses won’t happen until Dec. 31, 2028, followed by June and December 2029.

Technologies

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Thursday, Feb. 12

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Feb. 12.

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? I thought 8-Across was worded very awkwardly, so I couldn’t get it until the other answers helped me fill it in. Read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Tequila cocktail that often comes in a salt-rimmed glass, casually
Answer: MARG

5A clue: Signature export of Cuba
Answer: CIGAR

6A clue: Bowl over
Answer: AMAZE

7A clue: Flood regulator
Answer: LEVEE

8A clue: Classroom station
Answer: DESK

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Acted without saying anything
Answer: MIMED

2D clue: Desert plant used in tequila production
Answer: AGAVE

3D clue: Demolishes
Answer: RAZES

4D clue: Language from which we get «cosmos» and «democracy»
Answer: GREEK

5D clue: Berkeley campus, for short
Answer: CAL

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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Feb. 12, #507

Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Feb. 12, No. 507.

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.

Floridians, today’s Connections: Sports Edition might be easy for you. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for free online.

Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta

Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Sunshine State.

Green group hint: Might be in your closet.

Blue group hint: All in the family.

Purple group hint: It’s not easy being this color.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Miami teams.

Green group: Logos of athletic brands.

Blue group: Curry family members.

Purple group: ____ green.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is Miami teams. The four answers are Dolphins, Heat, Hurricanes and Marlins.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is logos of athletic brands. The four answers are jumpman, puma, swoosh and three stripes.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is Curry family members. The four answers are Ayesha, Dell, Seth and Steph.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ____ green. The four answers are A.C., Draymond, mean and putting.

Technologies

Stay Patient, Apple Fans: Siri AI Delayed Again to Late 2026 at the Earliest

Bloomberg reports that numerous issues are holding up the advanced version of Siri, including lag time, data access concerns and accuracy issues.

It’s Groundhog Day for Siri yet again, as Apple plans another in a long series of delays to the Siri AI upgrade, according to a Bloomberg report released on Wednesday.

According to Bloomberg sources from inside Apple, the reinvented Siri voice assistant, including AI features reminiscent of Alexa Plus, has been delayed from the March iPhone iOS 24.6 update to a release later this year, potentially in May, September or later.

A representative from Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Following repeated delays after announcing the advanced Siri in 2024, Apple gave a broad 2026 timeline for releasing the new voice assistant, widely expected to be included in iOS 26.4. Now, Bloomberg reports that the latest internal testing shows Siri still isn’t up to the task and is likely to remain out of reach for consumers for now.

This current version of Siri uses an architecture dubbed Linwood, combining Apple’s own large language model with technology from Google’s Gemini AI. The mix is expected to add AI tools such as new web searches and image generation, as well as a chatbot-style Siri AI (code-named Campo), initially slated for iOS 27.

What features are holding Super Siri up?

Much of what Bloomberg reports in this latest release is similar to what we heard last year. The new Siri is too slow, struggles with complex commands, and isn’t meshing well with Apple’s own AI models or with services like ChatGPT. But there are a few new rumors here that show a more complete picture:

Issues with data access: Bloomberg reports that Apple is pulling back on plans to have Siri scan more personal data, such as reviewing your old text messages to find a shared song or podcast. The feature may come later, but for now it’s being delayed — perhaps consumer concerns over AI privacy are playing a role, too.
App intents: Intents are Apple’s version of letting Siri complete in-app tasks. For example, Apple wants Siri to be able to find a photo, apply a filter, and post it to your socials or message it to a friend, all in one command. This feature doesn’t appear reliable yet.
Siri gets terse: Bloomberg contacts also report that Siri is acting up when getting especially quick or complex commands, interrupting users before they can finish and requiring a complete restart.

Why is Apple so late to the voice assistant AI?

I’ve already been experimenting with Alexa Plus and Gemini for Home for months, and I like the results so far. Alexa Plus, in particular (free for Prime users and casual chatters, $20 for the complete package), is much more conversational, understands complex commands, and can tap into brand-new third-party app integrations. Gemini for Home, meanwhile, excels at answering multi-step questions in the app and analyzing video footage. That raises the question of why Apple’s own venture into this space has taken so long.

While I can’t read the minds of Apple devs, it’s clear that Apple invested less in LLMs and generative AI than Google and Amazon did at the start, and is now moving very cautiously into this technology. Given that Alexa Plus doesn’t always know what it can or can’t do and Gemini for Home still struggles with voice chats, I can see why Apple may want to wait for a highly polished product.

Since Apple has been delaying these advanced versions of Siri for well over a year already, it’s clear the company has no problem taking its time and finding a version of Siri AI it’s happy with. According to Bloomberg’s report, we could start seeing betas for these new Siri features in iOS 26.5 or iOS 27 as the slow climb to public release continues.