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2024-2025 Lunar Eclipses

Eclipses of the Moon

A lunar eclipse occurs during a full moon when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon and the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow.

      1. Date
      2. Type
      3. Where Visible
      1. 3/25/24
      2. penumbral
      3. N/S America
      1. 9/18/24
      2. partial
      3. N/S America, EU, Africa
      1. 3/14/25
      2. total
      3. N/S America, EU, Africa
      1. 9/7/25
      2. total
      3. EU, Africa, Asia, AU

    The Earth's shadow has two parts:

    Umbra - dark inner shadow. Total lunar eclipses occur when the entire Moon passes through the umbral shadow. Partial lunar eclipses occur when only a portion of the Moon passes through the umbral shadow.

    Penumbra - faint outer shadow. Penumbral lunar eclipses occur when the Moon passes through the penumbral shadow but are very difficult to observer so are of internest mainly to astonomers.