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September 7, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Pretoria, South Africa

Sep 7, 2025 at 8:11 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Pretoria
Begins: Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 5:48 pm
Maximum: Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 8:11 pm 1.362 Magnitude
Ends: Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 10:55 pm
Duration: 5 hours, 6 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

September 7, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Pretoria

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like in Pretoria. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times are local time (SAST) for Pretoria.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:28 pm Sun, Sep 7Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 99°
-5.2°
5:48 pm Sun, Sep 7RisingMoonrise RisingMap direction East 97°
-0.2°
6:27 pm Sun, Sep 7
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 93°
7.5°
7:30 pm Sun, Sep 7
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East 86°
21.3°
8:11 pm Sun, Sep 7
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East 81°
30.1°
8:52 pm Sun, Sep 7
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 75°
38.9°
9:56 pm Sun, Sep 7
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-northeast 63°
51.8°
10:55 pm Sun, Sep 7
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Northeast 44°
62.2°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Pretoria

Eclipse Visibility From PretoriaVisibility Worldwide
Mar 14, 2025 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 7, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 17, 2026 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 6, 2027 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse

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