| Total eclipse | |||||||||||||||||
 View from Olympia, Washington, 7:09 UTC | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | March 14, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Gamma | 0.3485 | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 1.1804 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 123 (53 of 72) | ||||||||||||||||
| Totality | 66 minutes, 3.9 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Partiality | 218 minutes, 55.8 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Penumbral | 363 minutes, 22.4 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
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A total lunar eclipse happened at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, March 14, 2025, with an umbral magnitude of 1.1804. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be black, red or orange. A total lunar eclipse happens when the Moon entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a total solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a very small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be seen from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. It happened about 3.3 days before apogee (on March 17, 2025, at 12:35 UTC), meaning the Moon's apparent diameter was slightly smaller.
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