March 2025 lunar eclipse

Total eclipseDate14 March 2025Gamma0.34846Magnitude1.18038Saros cycle123 (53 of 73)Totality66 minutes, 3.9 secondsPartiality218 minutes, 55.8 secondsPenumbral363 minutes, 22.4 seconds

Contacts (UTC)
P1	03:57:09.4
U1	05:09:22.6
U2	06:25:57.5
Greatest	06:58:44.5
U3	07:32:01.5
U4	08:48:18.5
P4	10:00:31.9

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.

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).

Visibility

It will be completely visible from the Americas, will be seen rising over New Zealand and eastern Asia, and setting over western Europe and western Africa.

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 2025

• A total lunar eclipse on 14 March.
• A partial solar eclipse on 29 March.
• A total lunar eclipse on 7 September.
• A partial solar eclipse on 21 September.

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2024–2027
Descending node					Ascending node
Saros	Date	Type Viewing	Gamma		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
113	2024 Mar 25	Penumbral	1.06098		118	2024 Sep 18	Partial	−0.97920
123	2025 Mar 14	Total	0.34846		128	2025 Sep 07	Total	−0.27521
133	2026 Mar 03	Total	−0.37651		138	2026 Aug 28	Partial	0.49644
143	2027 Feb 20	Penumbral	−1.04803		148	2027 Aug 17	Penumbral	1.27974
Last set	2023 May 05				Last set	2023 Oct 28
Next set	2028 Jan 12				Next set	2027 Jul 18

Saros series

Lunar saros series 123, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has 25 total lunar eclipses. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on July 16, 1628, and last will be on April 4, 2061. The two longest occurrence of this series were on September 20, 1736 and October 1, 1754 when totality lasted 106 minutes.

It last occurred on March 3, 2007 and will next occur on March 25, 2043.

Metonic cycles (19 years)

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

2006 Mar 14.99 - penumbral (113) 2025 Mar 14.29 - total (123) 2044 Mar 13.82 - total (133) 2063 Mar 14.67- partial (143)	2006 Sep 07.79 - partial (118) 2025 Sep 07.76 - total (128) 2044 Sep 07.47 - partial (138) 2063 Sep 07.86 - penumbral (148)

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 130.

March 9, 2016	March 20, 2034

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

Notes

External links

• Saros cycle 123
• 2025 Mar 14 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC