| Global Event: | Total Lunar Eclipse |
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| 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. |
March 13, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Alofi
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.
| Time | Phase | Event | Direction | Altitude |
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| 4:57 pm Thu, Mar 13 | Not directly visible | Penumbral Eclipse begins Below horizon |
 93° |
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| 6:09 pm Thu, Mar 13 | Not directly visible | Partial Eclipse begins Below horizon |
88° |
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| 6:31 pm Thu, Mar 13 | Rising | Moonrise 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. |
86° |
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| 7:26 pm Thu, Mar 13 |
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Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon. |
82° |
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| 7:58 pm Thu, Mar 13 |
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Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow. |
79° |
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| 8:31 pm Thu, Mar 13 |
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Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends. |
76° |
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| 9:47 pm Thu, Mar 13 |
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Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends. |
66° |
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| 11:00 pm Thu, Mar 13 |
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Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends. |
50° |
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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.
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Cloud Coverage (Mar 13)
In the past, this day was cloudy 66% of the time (since 2000).
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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Alofi
| Eclipse Visibility From Alofi | Visibility Worldwide | ||
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Sep 21, 2025 Partial Solar Eclipse | Partial Solar Eclipse |
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Mar 2–3, 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse | Total Lunar Eclipse |
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Aug 27, 2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse | Partial Lunar Eclipse |
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Aug 16, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
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Jan 11, 2028 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse | Partial Lunar Eclipse |
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Note: Click on the date link for details in Alofi, or the path map image for global details. |
Next annular eclipse visible in Alofi