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March 14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Santo António (Príncipe), Sao Tome and Principe

Mar 14, 2025 at 5:28 am
Max View in Santo António (Príncipe)
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse, in Santo António (Príncipe)
Began: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 3:57 am
Maximum: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 5:28 am 0.273 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 5:37 am
Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

March 14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Santo António (Príncipe)

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:57 am Fri, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West 273°
23.7°
5:09 am Fri, Mar 14
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.
Map direction West 272°
6.2°
5:28 am Fri, Mar 14
Maximum in Santo António (Príncipe) This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Santo António (Príncipe). The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Santo António (Príncipe) because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.
Map direction West 272°
1.8°
5:37 am Fri, Mar 14SettingMoonset Setting, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase makes the Moon so dim before it sets, that it might disappear from view some time before it sets.Map direction West 273°
-0.2°
6:26 am Fri, Mar 14Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction West 273°
-12.5°
6:58 am Fri, Mar 14Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction West 273°
-20.4°
7:31 am Fri, Mar 14Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 273°
-28.3°
8:47 am Fri, Mar 14Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 274°
-46.7°
10:00 am Fri, Mar 14Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 277°
-64.0°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

The total phase of this lunar eclipse was not visible in Santo António (Príncipe), but it could be observed there as a partial lunar eclipse.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Santo António (Príncipe)

Eclipse Visibility From Santo António (Príncipe)Visibility Worldwide
Sep 7, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 6, 2027 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Santo António (Príncipe), or the path map image for global details.

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