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March 14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Reef Point, New Zealand

Mar 14, 2025 at 7:58 pm
Max View in Reef Point
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Reef Point
Began: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 7:27 pm
Maximum: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 7:58 pm 1.178 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 33 minutes

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March 14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Reef Point

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:57 pm Fri, Mar 14Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 114°
-24.2°
6:09 pm Fri, Mar 14Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 99°
-13.2°
7:26 pm Fri, Mar 14Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 85°
-0.4°
7:27 pm Fri, Mar 14RisingMoonrise 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 85°
-0.2°
7:58 pm Fri, Mar 14
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.
Map direction East 79°
4.4°
8:31 pm Fri, Mar 14
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 73°
9.4°
9:47 pm Fri, Mar 14
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 58°
20.6°
11:00 pm Fri, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Northeast 41°
29.6°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Reef Point

Eclipse Visibility From Reef PointVisibility Worldwide
Mar 3–4, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 7, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 2028 Total Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Reef Point, or the path map image for global details.

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