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March 13, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — San Diego, CA, USA

Mar 13, 2025 at 11:58 pm
Max View in San Diego, California
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in San Diego, 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 — San Diego

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

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°
26.9°
10:09 pm Thu, Mar 13
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-southeast 118°
40.6°
11:26 pm Thu, Mar 13
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction Southeast 139°
52.7°
11:58 pm Thu, Mar 13
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction South-southeast 151°
56.4°
12:31 am Fri, Mar 14
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 166°
58.7°
1:47 am Fri, Mar 14
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southwest 202°
57.1°
3:00 am Fri, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southwest 227°
48.2°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in San Diego

Eclipse Visibility From San DiegoVisibility 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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