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March 13, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Pontiac, MI, USA

Mar 14, 2025 at 2:58 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Pontiac, Michigan
Began: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 11:57 pm
Maximum: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 2:58 am 1.178 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 6:00 am
Duration: 6 hours, 3 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

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

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
11:57 pm Thu, Mar 13
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction Southeast 143°
44.2°
1:09 am Fri, Mar 14
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction South-southeast 168°
49.3°
2:26 am Fri, Mar 14
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction South-southwest 196°
48.4°
2:58 am Fri, Mar 14
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction South-southwest 208°
46.0°
3:31 am Fri, Mar 14
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southwest 218°
42.6°
4:47 am Fri, Mar 14
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction West-southwest 237°
32.1°
6:00 am Fri, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction West-southwest 252°
20.0°

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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 Pontiac. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Mar 13–14)

In the past, this day was cloudy 74% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Pontiac

Eclipse Visibility From PontiacVisibility Worldwide
Mar 3, 2026 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 12, 2026 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 27–28, 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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

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