Mar 14, 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse
What this lunar eclipse looks like
The animation shows approximately what the eclipse looks like from the night side of earth.
BETA: This is a temporary animation, it would look different in real life. We hope to fix that issue soon.
Stages in eclipse
- Penumbral Eclipse just started
- Penumbral Eclipse in good progress
- Partial Eclipse starts
- Total Eclipse starts
- Maximum Eclipse
- Total Eclipse ends
- Full Eclipse ends
- Penumbral Eclipse continues
- Penumbral Eclipse about to end
Click the 'play' button to view the animation. The pause button can also be used to temporarily suspend the animation.
The animation shows where this penumbral solar eclipse is visible during the night (dark “wave” slowly moving across the Earth's surface).
The night (dark) areas in the animation are approximately those that can see the moon, and therefore also the eclipse.
Legend
Intense red shading: Observers within this area can see the eclipse from beginning to end.
Red shading right/east of intense shading: Observers within this area can see the eclipse until moonset/sunrise.
Red shading left/west of intense shading: Observers within this area can see the eclipse after moonrise/sunset.
No coloring: Eclipse is not visible at all
Note: Actual eclipse visibility depends on weather conditions and line of sight to the Moon.
Where to see the eclipse
Continents seeing at least some parts of the eclipse:
- West in Asia
- Much of North America
- Parts of South America
Total eclipse visible in...
Locations near the shadow's path:
- Alofi, Niue
- Rotorua, New Zealand
- Unalaska, Alaska, U.S.A.
- Anadyr, Russia
- Suva, Fiji
- Funafuti, Tuvalu
- Midway, Midway Islands, U.S.A.
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands
- Pago Pago, American Samoa
- Tauranga, New Zealand
- Nukualofa, Tonga
- Apia, Samoa
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Tarawa, Kiribati
- Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Nelson, New Zealand
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Majuro, Marshall Islands
- Wake Island, Wake Island, U.S.A.
Partial eclipse visible in...
- Palikir, Ponape, Micronesia
- Kolonia, Ponape, Micronesia
- Honiara, Solomon Islands
- Lord Howe Island, Lord Howe Island, Australia
- Macquarie Island, Tasmania, Australia
- Magadan, Russia
- McMurdo, Antarctica
- Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
- Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
- Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia
- Weno, Truk, Micronesia
- Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
- Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
- Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
- Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
When the eclipse happens worldwide
Lunar eclipses look approximately the same all over the world and happen at the same time.The times displayed might be a minute or two off actual times.
| Event | UTC Time | Time in Washington DC* | Visible in Washington DC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penumbral Eclipse begins | Mar 14 at 3:59 AM | Mar 13 at 11:59 PM | Yes |
| Partial Eclipse begins | Mar 14 at 5:11 AM | Mar 14 at 1:11 AM | Yes |
| Full Eclipse begins | Mar 14 at 6:28 AM | Mar 14 at 2:28 AM | Yes |
| Maximum Eclipse | Mar 14 at 6:59 AM | Mar 14 at 2:59 AM | Yes |
| Full Eclipse ends | Mar 14 at 7:30 AM | Mar 14 at 3:30 AM | Yes |
| Partial Eclipse ends | Mar 14 at 8:47 AM | Mar 14 at 4:47 AM | Yes |
| Penumbral Eclipse ends | Mar 14 at 9:59 AM | Mar 14 at 5:59 AM | Yes |
* The Moon is over the horizon during this eclipse, so with good weather conditions in Washington DC, the entire eclipse is visible.
Eclipses during year 2025
- Mar 14, 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse (Currently shown)
- Mar 29, 2025 Partial Solar Eclipse
- Sep 7, 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse
- Sep 21, 2025 Partial Solar Eclipse