March 2025 lunar eclipse

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

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)
Totality1:05:24
Partial3:38:15
Penumbral6:02:37
Contacts (UTC)
P13:57:24
U15:09:33
U26:25:59
Greatest6:58:42
U37:31:23
U48:47:48
P410:00:01

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.

Lunar year series

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)

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 130.

March 9, 2016 March 20, 2034

See also

Notes
  1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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