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March 13, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Cruz Bay, US Virgin Islands (Saint John)

Mar 14, 2025 at 2:58 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Cruz Bay
Begins: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 11:57 pm
Maximum: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 2:58 am 1.178 Magnitude
Ends: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 6:00 am
Duration: 6 hours, 3 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

March 13–14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Cruz Bay

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
11:57 pm Thu, Mar 13
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southeast 155°
73.5°
1:09 am Fri, Mar 14
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction Southwest 216°
71.1°
2:26 am Fri, Mar 14
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction West-southwest 245°
56.7°
2:58 am Fri, Mar 14
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction West-southwest 251°
49.6°
3:31 am Fri, Mar 14
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 255°
42.2°
4:47 am Fri, Mar 14
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West 263°
24.6°
6:00 am Fri, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.
Map direction West 269°
7.8°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Cruz Bay

Eclipse Visibility From Cruz BayVisibility Worldwide
Mar 13–14, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2025 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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