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March 13, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Alofi, Niue

Mar 13, 2025 at 7:58 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Alofi
Begins: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 6:31 pm
Maximum: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 7:58 pm 1.178 Magnitude
Ends: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 28 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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March 13, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Alofi

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:57 pm Thu, Mar 13Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 93°
-22.5°
6:09 pm Thu, Mar 13Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 88°
-5.9°
6:31 pm Thu, Mar 13RisingMoonrise 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 86°
-0.2°
7:26 pm Thu, Mar 13
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East 82°
11.8°
7:58 pm Thu, Mar 13
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 79°
19.3°
8:31 pm Thu, Mar 13
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 76°
26.7°
9:47 pm Thu, Mar 13
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 66°
43.7°
11:00 pm Thu, Mar 13
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Northeast 50°
58.3°

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 Alofi. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Alofi

Eclipse Visibility From AlofiVisibility Worldwide
Mar 24, 2024 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 2, 2024 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Mar 13, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 7, 2025 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 21, 2025 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse

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