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September 7, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Port-Gentil, Gabon

Sep 7, 2025 at 7:11 pm
Max View in Port-Gentil
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Port-Gentil
Begins: Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 6:21 pm
Maximum: Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 7:11 pm 1.362 Magnitude
Ends: Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 9:55 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 33 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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September 7, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Port-Gentil

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like in Port-Gentil. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times are local time (WAT) for Port-Gentil.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:28 pm Sun, Sep 7Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 97°
-27.9°
5:27 pm Sun, Sep 7Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 96°
-14.0°
6:21 pm Sun, Sep 7RisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East 96°
-0.2°
6:30 pm Sun, Sep 7
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction East 96°
1.6°
7:11 pm Sun, Sep 7
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 95°
11.3°
7:52 pm Sun, Sep 7
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 95°
21.1°
8:56 pm Sun, Sep 7
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 96°
36.6°
9:55 pm Sun, Sep 7
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction East 97°
50.8°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

This total lunar eclipse is fully visible in Port-Gentil. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Port-Gentil

Eclipse Visibility From Port-GentilVisibility Worldwide
Mar 25, 2024 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 18, 2024 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 14, 2025 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 7, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Port-Gentil, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

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