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LUNAR ECLIPSE

Total lunar eclipse, September 7, 2025

The whole Moon passes into Earth’s umbra and turns a coppery red, often called a blood moon. Greatest eclipse is at 18:11 UTC (September 8 at 03:11 in Korea). Choose a city or use your location to see when each stage happens where you are.

Eclipse plan by location

All of totality is visible from Sydney.

Greatest eclipse Sep 8, 04:11 Sydney time · Moon about 24° high · west sky

The Moon sets at 06:11 during the eclipse. Find an open western horizon.

Sep 8, 04:11 · TotalityNorth up, east left · pale disc: penumbra, red disc: umbra
Eclipse stages for Sydney: local times, the Moon's altitude and direction, and visibility
StageLocal timeAltitude · directionVisibility
Penumbral phase beginsSep 854° · northwest●Visible
Partial phase begins44° · northwest●Visible
Totality begins32° · west●Visible
Greatest eclipse24° · west●Visible
Totality ends15° · west●Visible
Partial phase ends2° · west◐Bright sky
Penumbral phase ends-9°○Below horizon

How a lunar eclipse unfolds

  • Penumbral phase — the Moon enters Earth’s faint outer shadow. It dims only slightly, and most people do not notice.
  • Partial phase — the dark umbra creeps across the Moon from one edge, as if a bite were taken out of it.
  • Totality — the whole Moon is inside the umbra. Only sunlight bent and reddened by Earth’s atmosphere reaches it, so it glows copper.

An eclipse happens at the same instant for everyone who can see the Moon; only the local clock and the Moon’s height differ. It is safe to watch with the naked eye. Weather, hills and buildings are not included in these calculations.

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