March 2025 lunar eclipse

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Total lunar eclipse
March 14, 2025
Ecliptic north up

The Moon will pass west to east (right to left) through the Earth's shadow.
Saros (and member) 123 (53 of 73)
Gamma +0.3484
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality 1:05:24
Partial 3:38:15
Penumbral 6:02:37
Contacts (UTC)
P1 3:57:24
U1 5:09:33
U2 6:25:59
Greatest 6:58:42
U3 7:31:23
U4 8:47:48
P4 10:00:01

A total lunar eclipse will take place on March 14, 2025.

Visibility

It will be completely visible from the Americas, will be seen rising over New Zealand and eastern Asia, and setting over western Europe and western Africa.

Related eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2024–2027
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date Type
Viewing
Gamma Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma
113 2024 Mar 25
Penumbral
1.06098 118 2024 Sep 18
Partial
−0.97920
123 2025 Mar 14
Total
0.34846 128 2025 Sep 07
Total
−0.27521
133 2026 Mar 03
Total
−0.37651 138 2026 Aug 28
Partial
0.49644
143 2027 Feb 20
Penumbral
−1.04803 148 2027 Aug 17
Penumbral
1.27974
Last set 2023 May 05 Last set 2023 Oct 28
Next set 2028 Jan 12 Next set 2027 Jul 18

Saros series

Lunar saros series 123, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has 25 total lunar eclipses. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on July 16, 1628, and last will be on April 4, 2061. The two longest occurrence of this series were on September 20, 1736 and October 1, 1754 when totality lasted 106 minutes.


It last occurred on March 3, 2007 and will next occur on March 25, 2043.

Metonic cycles (19 years)

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

  1. 2006 Mar 14.99 - penumbral (113)
  2. 2025 Mar 14.29 - total (123)
  3. 2044 Mar 13.82 - total (133)
  4. 2063 Mar 14.67- partial (143)
  1. 2006 Sep 07.79 - partial (118)
  2. 2025 Sep 07.76 - total (128)
  3. 2044 Sep 07.47 - partial (138)
  4. 2063 Sep 07.86 - penumbral (148)

See also

Notes

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