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During the night of March 13-14, 2025, a complete lunar eclipse will be observable from our planet, with North America positioned to experience this breathtaking occurrence, which will be accompanied by a “Blood Moon.”
Lunar eclipses transpire when Earth is situated between the sun and a full moon. Throughout the event, the moon traverses through Earth’s umbra, the dark epicenter of its shadow.
Where will the total lunar eclipse on March 13-14, 2025, be observable?
The prime viewing locations will be in both North and South America. Per Time and Date, only 13% of the global population — slightly over one billion individuals — will lie in the trajectory of the total lunar eclipse, which will only be visible under unobstructed skies.
What will transpire during the total lunar eclipse?
The event on March 13-14, 2025, marks the first total lunar eclipse globally since November 2022, and it will be the first of three occurrences in 2025 and 2026. During this total lunar eclipse, the full “Worm Moon” will ascend and, later that evening, move into Earth’s umbral shadow. As the moon proceeds, it will progressively dim and shift to a reddish-orange hue. The crucial totality — the phase when the lunar surface is enveloped in orange-red illumination — will last for 65 minutes.
This total lunar eclipse will take place three days prior to the moon attaining apogee — its most distant location from Earth in its slightly elliptical orbit — leading it to appear marginally smaller than normally.
What time does the total lunar eclipse take place in North America in March 2025?
Lunar eclipses are international occurrences that happen concurrently for everyone. This particular eclipse will unfold between 03:57 and 10:00 UTC on Friday, March 14, 2025, with the stunning 65-minute totality — when the moon’s entirety will glow reddish — occurring from 06:26 to 07:31 UTC. The corresponding local times in North America are:
- 2:26 to 3:31 a.m. EDT on Friday, March 14, 2025
- 1:26 to 2:31 a.m. CDT on Friday, March 14, 2025
- 12:26 to 1:31 a.m. MDT on Friday, March 14, 2025
- 11:26 p.m. PDT on Thursday, March 13, 2025, to 12:31 a.m. on Friday, March 14, 2025
- 10:26 p.m. to 11:31 p.m. AKDT on Thursday, March 13, 2025
- 8:26 p.m. to 9:31 p.m. HST on Thursday, March 13, 2025
The times indicated are strictly for totality. Nonetheless, it is advisable to observe the moon 75 minutes prior to these times to witness the edge of Earth’s shadow gradually encroaching across the lunar surface during the partial phases (and similarly after totality).
What time will the March 2025 total lunar eclipse occur in Europe?
In Europe, only residents in Ireland, Portugal, the western areas of the U.K., western and central Spain, along with northwestern France, will experience totality. However, a partial lunar eclipse will be observable in other portions of Western Europe and Central Europe, shortly before the moon sets.
From the far western parts of Europe, the phase of partial lunar eclipse preceding totality will constitute most of the main event. The moon will slowly be obscured by Earth’s shadow for over 75 minutes, with totality occurring just moments before the moon sets in the west on Friday, March 14. Here are the commencement times for totality across different European time zones:
- 6:26 a.m. GMT on Friday, March 14, 2025 (just before sunrise)
- 7:26 a.m. CET on Friday, March 14, 2025 (just before sunrise)
When is the next total lunar eclipse after March 2025?
Here are the following dates and locations for total lunar eclipses:
- Sept. 7-8, 2025: Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, western North America, eastern South America, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic, and Antarctica.
- March 2-3, 2026: Eastern Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, South America, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic, and Antarctica.
There will also be a near-total lunar eclipse on Aug. 27-28, 2026, during which Earth’s shadow will envelop 93% of the lunar surface. That partial lunar eclipse will be observable from segments of Europe, western Asia, Africa, North America, South America, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Antarctica.
Supplementary resources
Looking to explore further? You can find a concise overview of lunar eclipses up to 2030 on NASA’s lunar eclipse portal. To learn more about solar and lunar eclipses, visit EclipseWise.com, a site dedicated to eclipse forecasting. For climate and weather forecasts, check meteorologist Jay Anderson’s insights on eclipsophile.com.
References
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