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March 13, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Gambier Islands, French Polynesia

Mar 13, 2025 at 9:58 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Gambier Islands
Began: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 6:57 pm
Maximum: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 9:58 pm 1.178 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 1:00 am
Duration: 6 hours, 3 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

March 13–14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Gambier Islands

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

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
6:57 pm Thu, Mar 13
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face. Map direction East 81°
9.9°
8:09 pm Thu, Mar 13
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red. Map direction East-northeast 73°
25.8°
9:26 pm Thu, Mar 13
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon. Map direction East-northeast 62°
42.0°
9:58 pm Thu, Mar 13
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. Map direction Northeast 55°
48.4°
10:31 pm Thu, Mar 13
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends. Map direction Northeast 46°
54.2°
11:47 pm Thu, Mar 13
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends. Map direction North-northeast 14°
63.5°
1:00 am Fri, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends. Map direction North-northwest 334°
62.1°

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


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Gambier Islands

Eclipse Visibility From Gambier Islands Visibility Worldwide
Sep 21, 2025 Partial Solar Eclipse Partial Solar Eclipse
Mar 2–3, 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27, 2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 6, 2027 Partial Solar Eclipse Annular Solar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

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

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