March 2025 lunar eclipse
Total lunar eclipse of 14 March 2025 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A total lunar eclipse will take place on Friday, March 14, 2025, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2025. The Moon will take place near apogee during this eclipse, making it appear smaller than usual. The second eclipse will take place on 7-8 September 2025, happening near perigee. Occurring only 3.4 days before apogee (Apogee on 17 March 2025), the Moon's apparent diameter will be 5.4% smaller than average.
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Date | 14 March 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
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Gamma | 0.34846 | ||||||||||||||||
Magnitude | 1.18038 | ||||||||||||||||
Saros cycle | 123 (53 of 73) | ||||||||||||||||
Totality | 66 minutes, 3.9 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
Partiality | 218 minutes, 55.8 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
Penumbral | 363 minutes, 22.4 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
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This lunar eclipse marks the beginning of another almost tetrad, with 3 total lunar eclipses and a deep partial lunar eclipse (greater than 90%), with others being 07 Sep 2025 (T), 03 Mar 2026 (T) and 28 Aug 2026 (P).