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September 8, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Albert Town, New Zealand

Sep 8, 2025 at 6:11 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Albert Town
Begins: Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 3:28 am
Maximum: Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 6:11 am 1.362 Magnitude
Ends: Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 7:05 am
Duration: 3 hours, 37 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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September 8, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Albert Town

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:28 am Mon, Sep 8
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West-northwest 302°
36.0°
4:27 am Mon, Sep 8
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West-northwest 289°
26.6°
5:30 am Mon, Sep 8
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West 277°
15.8°
6:11 am Mon, Sep 8
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.
Map direction West 270°
8.6°
6:52 am Mon, Sep 8
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction West 264°
1.7°
7:05 am Mon, Sep 8SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West 262°
-0.2°
7:56 am Mon, Sep 8Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-southwest 253°
-9.6°
8:55 am Mon, Sep 8Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-southwest 242°
-19.1°

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 Albert Town

Eclipse Visibility From Albert TownVisibility Worldwide
Mar 14, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 8, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 22, 2025 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Mar 3–4, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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