- Source: March 2025 lunar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Friday, March 14, 2025, with an umbral magnitude of 1.1804. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 3.3 days before apogee (on March 17, 2025, at 12:35 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
This lunar eclipse will be the first of an almost tetrad, with the others being on September 8, 2025 (total); March 3, 2026 (total); and August 28, 2026 (partial).
Visibility
The eclipse will be completely visible over North and South America, seen rising over Australia and northeast Asia and setting over Africa and Europe.
Eclipse details
Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
Related eclipses
= Eclipses in 2025
=A total lunar eclipse on March 14.
A partial solar eclipse on March 29.
A total lunar eclipse on September 7.
A partial solar eclipse on September 21.
= Metonic
=Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 26, 2021
Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 31, 2028
= Tzolkinex
=Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 31, 2018
Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 25, 2032
= Half-Saros
=Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016
Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034
= Tritos
=Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2014
Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2036
= Lunar Saros 123
=Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 3, 2007
Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 25, 2043
= Inex
=Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 4, 1996
Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 22, 2054
= Triad
=Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 14, 1938
Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 14, 2112
= Lunar eclipses of 2024–2027
== Saros 123
=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 series
=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.
= Half-Saros cycle
=A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). Related to Solar Saros 130.
See also
List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
Notes
External links
Saros cycle 123
2025 Mar 14 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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