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March 14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Iceland, Iceland

Mar 14, 2025 at 6:58 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Iceland
Began: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 3:57 am
Maximum: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 6:58 am 1.178 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 7:44 am
Duration: 3 hours, 47 minutes

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March 14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Iceland

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
3:57 am Fri, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction Southwest 223°
21.5°
5:09 am Fri, Mar 14
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West-southwest 241°
15.3°
6:26 am Fri, Mar 14
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.		Map direction West-southwest 258°
7.7°
6:58 am Fri, Mar 14
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.		Map direction West 265°
4.3°
7:31 am Fri, Mar 14
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.		Map direction West 272°
1.0°
7:44 am Fri, Mar 14SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West 275°
-0.2°
8:47 am Fri, Mar 14Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 289°
-7.4°
10:00 am Fri, Mar 14Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Northwest 306°
-14.2°

How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

Cloud Coverage (Mar 14)

In the past, this day was cloudy 88% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Iceland

Eclipse Visibility From IcelandVisibility Worldwide
Sep 7, 2025 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 12, 2026 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 2, 2027 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Iceland, or the path map image for global details.

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