Mar 14, 2025 at 6:58 pm
Max View in Suva
| Global Event: | Total Lunar Eclipse |
|---|---|
| Local Type: | Total Lunar Eclipse, in Suva |
| Began: | Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 6:19 pm |
| Maximum: | Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 6:58 pm 1.178 Magnitude |
| Ended: | Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 10:00 pm |
| Duration: | 3 hours, 41 minutes | All times shown on this page are local time. |
March 14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Suva
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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Suva. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (FJT) for Suva.
| Time | Phase | Event | Direction | Altitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:57 pm Fri, Mar 14 | Not directly visible | Penumbral Eclipse begins Below horizon |  97° | -33.5° |
| 5:09 pm Fri, Mar 14 | Not directly visible | Partial Eclipse begins Below horizon | 91° | -16.9° |
| 6:19 pm Fri, Mar 14 | Rising | Moonrise 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. | 86° | -0.2° |
| 6:26 pm Fri, Mar 14 | Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon. Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point. Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see. | 86° | 1.2° | |
| 6:58 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. | 84° | 8.5° | |
| 7:31 pm Fri, Mar 14 | Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends. | 81° | 16.0° | |
| 8:47 pm Fri, Mar 14 | Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends. | 74° | 33.5° | |
| 10:00 pm Fri, Mar 14 | Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends. | 63° | 49.4° |
How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky
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 Suva. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.
Cloud Coverage (Mar 14)
In the past, this day was cloudy 84% of the time (since 2000).
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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Suva
| Eclipse Visibility From Suva | Visibility Worldwide | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse | Total Lunar Eclipse |  | |
| Sep 22, 2025 Partial Solar Eclipse | Partial Solar Eclipse |  | |
| Mar 3–4, 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse | Total Lunar Eclipse |  | |
| Aug 28, 2026 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse | Partial Lunar Eclipse |  | |
| Aug 17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |  | Note: Click on the date link for details in Suva, or the path map image for global details. |
Next annular eclipse visible in Suva