Where Will the 'Blood Moon' Total Lunar Eclipse be Visible in March 2025?
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A total lunar eclipse will occur on March 13-14, 2025 - the first on Earth since 2022 - but only the night side of the planet will get to see it. During this global event, which will occur at the same time across the world, the lunar surface will turn reddish for 65 minutes - a phenomenon often dubbed a "blood moon."
Although the point of greatest eclipse will be in the Pacific Ocean, North America and South America will get the best views. Some areas of Europe will get a slight view of the moonset, and East Asia will glimpse the spectacle at moonrise.
[...] The total lunar eclipse on March 13-14, 2025, will last just over six hours, beginning with a penumbral eclipse - when the moon enters Earth's fuzzy outer shadow and loses brightness - from 11:57 p.m. to 1:09 a.m. EDT (03:57 to 05:09 UTC). There will then be a partial phase - when the moon begins to enter Earth's darker umbral shadow and starts to turn red - from 1:09 a.m. to 2:26 a.m. (05:09 to 06:26 UTC). Totality - when the whole moon is within Earth's umbra - will last 65 minutes, from 2:26 a.m. to 3:31 a.m. EDT (06:26 to 07:31 UTC). The spectacle then reverses, with totality followed by a partial phase from 3:31 to 4:47 a.m. (07:31 to 08:47 UTC) and a penumbral phase from 4:47 to 6 a.m. EDT (08:47 to 10:00 UTC).
The entire eclipse will be visible - and at its best - across most of the Americas, with glimpses for Europe, Africa and East Asia. Here's a breakdown of the eclipse's visibility by region:
- North America: All phases of the eclipse will be visible across all 50 U.S. states (including Alaska and Hawaii), Canada and Mexico.
- South America: Most of the continent will witness the entire event, with totality visible from Brazil, Argentina and Chile starting after midnight on March 14.
- Europe: Western Europe - including Spain, France and the U.K. - will see totality as the moon sets early on the morning of March 14.
- Africa: Extreme Western Africa - including Cape Verde, Morocco and Senegal - will see totality as the moon sets early on the morning of March 14.
- Oceania: New Zealanders will see the eclipse in its later stages, with the moon already in partial shadow as it rises on March 14.
[...] Europe gets a poor view of this total lunar eclipse. In London, the penumbral phase will be viewable from 3:47 a.m. GMT on March 14 and the partial phase from 5:09 a.m. GMT. However, the full moon will set at 6:22 a.m. GMT, just before totality begins, so the only spectacle will be a barely distinguishable line of Earth's shadow across the moon as it sinks into the western horizon. Locations farther west get a slightly better view. From Cardiff, Wales, totality will begin at 6:26 a.m. GMT, 10 minutes before the local moonset, while in Dublin, the local moonset isn't until 6:48 a.m. GMT.
Arguably, the only locations in Europe to see this eclipse in an impressive way are Iceland and Greenland. From Reykjavik, Iceland, totality occurs between 06:26 and 7:31 a.m. GMT, and the local moonset isn't until 7:58 a.m.
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