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March 13, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Downey, CA, USA

Mar 13, 2025 at 11:58 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Downey, California
Begins: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 8:57 pm
Maximum: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 11:58 pm 1.178 Magnitude
Ends: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 3:00 am
Duration: 6 hours, 3 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

March 13–14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Downey

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
8:57 pm Thu, Mar 13
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-southeast 104°
25.8°
10:09 pm Thu, Mar 13
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-southeast 118°
39.2°
11:26 pm Thu, Mar 13
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction Southeast 139°
51.2°
11:58 pm Thu, Mar 13
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction South-southeast 151°
54.9°
12:31 am Fri, Mar 14
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 165°
57.3°
1:47 am Fri, Mar 14
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southwest 199°
56.3°
3:00 am Fri, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southwest 225°
47.9°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Downey

Eclipse Visibility From DowneyVisibility Worldwide
Mar 13–14, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 11, 2028 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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