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March 13, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Motutoa, Cook Islands

Mar 13, 2025 at 8:58 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Motutoa
Began: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 6:40 pm
Maximum: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 8:58 pm 1.178 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 12:00 midnight
Duration: 5 hours, 20 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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March 13–14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Motutoa

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:57 pm Thu, Mar 13Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 88°
-11.2°
6:40 pm Thu, Mar 13RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East 86°
-0.2°
7:09 pm Thu, Mar 13
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.
Map direction East 85°
6.3°
8:26 pm Thu, Mar 13
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East 82°
24.6°
8:58 pm Thu, Mar 13
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 80°
32.5°
9:31 pm Thu, Mar 13
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 78°
40.3°
10:47 pm Thu, Mar 13
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 70°
58.3°
12:00 midnight Fri, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Northeast 47°
73.9°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Motutoa

Eclipse Visibility From MotutoaVisibility Worldwide
Sep 7, 2025 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 21, 2025 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Mar 2–3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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

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