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March 14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Palmerston North, New Zealand (Te Papa-i-oea)

Mar 14, 2025 at 7:58 pm
Max View in Palmerston North, Manawatu-Whanganui
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Palmerston North, Manawatu-Whanganui
Begins: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 7:36 pm
Maximum: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 7:58 pm 1.178 Magnitude
Ends: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 24 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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March 14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Palmerston North

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:57 pm Fri, Mar 14Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 112°
-30.0°
6:09 pm Fri, Mar 14Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 99°
-17.1°
7:26 pm Fri, Mar 14Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 87°
-1.9°
7:36 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 82°
3.5°
8:31 pm Fri, Mar 14
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 77°
9.5°
9:47 pm Fri, Mar 14
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 64°
23.1°
11:00 pm Fri, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Northeast 48°
34.6°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Palmerston North

Eclipse Visibility From Palmerston NorthVisibility 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

Note: Click on the date link for details in Palmerston North, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

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Next annular eclipse visible in Palmerston North

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