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March 13, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Alofi, Niue

Mar 13, 2025 at 7:58 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Alofi
Began: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 6:31 pm
Maximum: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 7:58 pm 1.178 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 11:00 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 28 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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March 13, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Alofi

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Alofi. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (NUT) for Alofi.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:57 pm Thu, Mar 13Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 93°
-22.5°
6:09 pm Thu, Mar 13Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 88°
-5.9°
6:31 pm Thu, Mar 13RisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East 86°
-0.2°
7:26 pm Thu, Mar 13
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East 82°
11.8°
7:58 pm Thu, Mar 13
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 79°
19.3°
8:31 pm Thu, Mar 13
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 76°
26.7°
9:47 pm Thu, Mar 13
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 66°
43.7°
11:00 pm Thu, Mar 13
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Northeast 50°
58.3°

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.

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in Alofi. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Mar 13)

In the past, this day was cloudy 66% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Alofi

Eclipse Visibility From AlofiVisibility 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 Alofi, or the path map image for global details.

Next annular eclipse visible in Alofi

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