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

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

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
8:57 pm Thu, Mar 13
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-southeast 103°
22.0°
10:09 pm Thu, Mar 13
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-southeast 117°
34.9°
11:26 pm Thu, Mar 13
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction Southeast 137°
46.6°
11:58 pm Thu, Mar 13
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction South-southeast 147°
50.4°
12:31 am Fri, Mar 14
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 160°
53.1°
1:47 am Fri, Mar 14
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southwest 191°
53.8°
3:00 am Fri, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southwest 218°
47.5°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in San Jose

Eclipse Visibility From San JoseVisibility 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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