March 2025 lunar eclipse
| Total eclipse | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | 13-14 March 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Gamma | 0.34846 | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 1.18038 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 123 (53 of 72) | ||||||||||||||||
| Totality | 66 minutes, 3.9 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Partiality | 218 minutes, 55.8 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Penumbral | 363 minutes, 22.4 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
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A total lunar eclipse will take place on Friday, 14 March 2025, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2025. The Moon will take place near apogee during this eclipse, making it appear smaller than usual. The second eclipse will take place on 7-8 September 2025, happening near apogee. Occurring only 3.4 days before apogee (apogee on 17 March 2025), the Moon’s apparent diameter will be 5.4% smaller than average.[1][2]
This lunar eclipse marks the beginning of an almost tetrad, with 3 total lunar eclipses and a deep partial lunar eclipse (greater than 90%), with others being 07 Sep 2025 (T), 03 Mar 2026 (T) and 28 Aug 2026 (P).[3]
Visibility
[edit]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.[citation needed]
Related eclipses
[edit]Eclipses of 2025
[edit]- A total lunar eclipse on 14 March.
- A partial solar eclipse on 29 March.
- A total lunar eclipse on 7 September.
- A partial solar eclipse on 21 September.
Lunar year series
[edit]| Lunar eclipse series sets from 2024–2027 | ||||||||
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| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
| Saros | Date | Type Viewing |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
113
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2024 Mar 25
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Penumbral
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1.06098 | 118
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2024 Sep 18
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Partial
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−0.97920 | |
| 123 | 2025 Mar 14
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Total
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0.34846 | 128 | 2025 Sep 07
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Total
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−0.27521 | |
| 133 | 2026 Mar 03
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Total
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−0.37651 | 138 | 2026 Aug 28
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Partial
|
0.49644 | |
| 143 | 2027 Feb 20
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Penumbral
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−1.04803 | 148 | 2027 Aug 17
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Penumbral
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1.27974 | |
| Last set | 2023 May 05 | Last set | 2023 Oct 28 | |||||
| Next set | 2028 Jan 12 | Next set | 2027 Jul 18 | |||||
Saros series
[edit]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 25 March 2043.
Metonic cycles (19 years)
[edit]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.
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Half-Saros cycle
[edit]A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[4] Related to Solar Saros 130.
| March 9, 2016 | March 20, 2034 |
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/YOSS_Act_9.pdf?emrc=6671b0f98667c#:~:text=Since%201%20radian%20%3D%2057.3%20degrees,degrees%20as%20viewed%20from%20Earth. Pg. 13
- ^ "Moon on 14 March 2025 Friday". Lunaf. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ Espenak, Fred (23 September 2024). "Lunar Eclipses: 2021–2030". Eclipsewise. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
[edit]- Saros cycle 123
- 2025 Mar 14 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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