Total lunar eclipse September 7-8, 2025 | |
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The Moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
Saros (and member) | 128 (41 of 71) |
Gamma | -0.2752 |
Magnitude | 1.3619 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | 1:22:06 |
Partial | 3:29:24 |
Penumbral | 5:26:40 |
Contacts (UTC) | |
P1 | 15:28:21 |
U1 | 16:27:02 |
U2 | 17:30:41 |
Greatest | 18:11:43 |
U3 | 18:52:47 |
U4 | 19:56:26 |
P4 | 20:55:00 |
A total lunar eclipse will take place on 7-8 September 2025. The Moon will barely miss the center of the Earth's shadow. It will be the second of two total lunar eclipses. Occurring roughly 3 days before perigee, the Moon will appear larger than usual.
This eclipse is the second of an almost tetrad, with others being 14 Mar 2025 (T), 03 Mar 2026 (T) and 28 Aug 2026 (P).
It will be completely visible over much of Asia, Australia and eastern Africa, will be seen rising over the rest of Africa and Europe, and setting over eastern Asia and New Zealand.
Visibility map |
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 | 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 |
Lunar saros series 128, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 57 umbral eclipses (42 partial lunar eclipses and 15 total lunar eclipses). Solar Saros 135 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.
Greatest | First | |||
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The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1953 Jul 26, lasting 108 minutes. [1] | Penumbral | Partial | Total | Central |
1304 Jun 18 | 1430 Sep 2 | 1845 May 21 | 1899 Jun 23 | |
Last | ||||
Central | Total | Partial | Penumbral | |
2007 Aug 28 | 2097 May 21 | 2440 May 17 | 2566 Aug 2 |
1917 Jul 4 | 1935 Jul 16 | 1953 Jul 26 | |||
1971 Aug 6 | 1989 Aug 17 | 2007 Aug 28 | |||
2025 Sep 7 | 2043 Sep 19 | 2061 Sep 29 | |||
2079 Oct 10 | 2097 Oct 21 | ||||
Lunar Saros 128 contains 15 total lunar eclipses between 1845 and 2097 (in years 1845, 1863, 1881, 1899, 1917, 1935, 1953, 1971, 1989, 2007, 2025, 2043, 2061, 2079 and 2097). Solar Saros 135 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.
This eclipse is the second of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, September 7, each separated by 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.
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A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). [2] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 135.
September 1, 2016 | September 12, 2034 |
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A total lunar eclipse took place on Friday, August 6, 1971, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 1971. A dramatic total eclipse lasting 1 hour, 39 minutes and 24.8 seconds plunged the full Moon into deep darkness, as it passed right through the centre of the Earth's umbral shadow. While the visual effect of a total eclipse is variable, the Moon may have been stained a deep orange or red colour at maximum eclipse. This was a great spectacle for everyone who saw it. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours, 35 minutes and 31.9 seconds in total. Occurring only 2.2 days before perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter was 3.6% larger than average and the moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.
A total lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, April 24, 1986, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 1986, the second being on October 17, 1986. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour, 3 minutes and 34.8 seconds, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 20.217% of its diameter inside the Earth's umbral shadow. The visual effect of this depends on the state of the Earth's atmosphere, but the Moon may have been stained a deep red colour. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours, 18 minutes and 46.8 seconds in total. The Moon was just 1.2 days before perigee, making it 5.3% larger than average.
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