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March 14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Auckland, New Zealand (Tāmaki Makaurau)

Mar 14, 2025 at 7:58 pm
Max View in Auckland, Auckland
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Auckland, Auckland
Began: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 7:38 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, 21 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

March 14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Auckland

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:57 pm Fri, Mar 14Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 111°
-31.9°
6:09 pm Fri, Mar 14Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 99°
-18.3°
7:26 pm Fri, Mar 14Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 88°
-2.8°
7:38 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 86°
-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 83°
3.3°
8:31 pm Fri, Mar 14
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East 78°
9.5°
9:47 pm Fri, Mar 14
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 66°
23.9°
11:00 pm Fri, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Northeast 51°
36.3°

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 Auckland. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Auckland

Eclipse Visibility From AucklandVisibility Worldwide
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
Aug 17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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

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