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March 13, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — San Jose, Costa Rica

Mar 14, 2025 at 12:58 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in San Jose
Began: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 9:57 pm
Maximum: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 12:58 am 1.178 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 4:00 am
Duration: 6 hours, 3 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

March 13–14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — San Jose

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in San Jose. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (CST) for San Jose.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
9:57 pm Thu, Mar 13
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-southeast 102°
63.0°
11:09 pm Thu, Mar 13
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southeast 128°
79.1°
12:26 am Fri, Mar 14
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction Southwest 235°
77.4°
12:58 am Fri, Mar 14
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-southwest 249°
70.3°
1:31 am Fri, Mar 14
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 255°
62.6°
2:47 am Fri, Mar 14
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 263°
44.3°
4:00 am Fri, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West 266°
26.8°

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 was fully visible in San Jose. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in San Jose

Eclipse Visibility From San JoseVisibility Worldwide
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 11–12, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

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