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March 13, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Leesburg, VA, USA

Mar 14, 2025 at 2:58 am
Max View in Leesburg, Virginia
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Leesburg, Virginia
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 — Leesburg

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
11:57 pm Thu, Mar 13
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southeast 148°
49.6°
1:09 am Fri, Mar 14
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction South 176°
53.4°
2:26 am Fri, Mar 14
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction South-southwest 206°
50.1°
2:58 am Fri, Mar 14
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southwest 217°
46.6°
3:31 am Fri, Mar 14
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southwest 227°
42.3°
4:47 am Fri, Mar 14
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 244°
29.9°
6:00 am Fri, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West-southwest 257°
16.7°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Leesburg

Eclipse Visibility From LeesburgVisibility Worldwide
Mar 13–14, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2025 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 12, 2026 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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