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September 7, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Sep 7, 2025 at 9:07 pm
Max View in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Began: Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 8:57 pm
Maximum: Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 9:07 pm 0.782 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 10:55 pm
Duration: 1 hour, 58 minutes

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Location

September 7, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Longyearbyen

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

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
5:28 pm Sun, Sep 7 Not directly visible Penumbral Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction East-northeast 71°
-11.7°
6:27 pm Sun, Sep 7 Not directly visible Partial Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction East 85°
-8.6°
7:30 pm Sun, Sep 7 Not directly visible Total Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction East 100°
-5.2°
8:11 pm Sun, Sep 7 Not directly visible Maximum Eclipse Below horizon Map direction East-southeast 109°
-2.2°
8:52 pm Sun, Sep 7 Not directly visible Total Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction East-southeast 119°
-0.4°
8:57 pm Sun, Sep 7 Rising Moonrise Rising Map direction East-southeast 120°
-0.2°
9:07 pm Sun, Sep 7
Maximum in Longyearbyen This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Longyearbyen. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Longyearbyen because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to East-southeast for the best view of the eclipse. 		Map direction East-southeast 122°
0.2°
9:56 pm Sun, Sep 7
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Southeast. 		Map direction Southeast 134°
2.1°
10:55 pm Sun, Sep 7
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to South-southeast. 		Map direction South-southeast 148°
4.0°

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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.

The total phase of this lunar eclipse was not visible in Longyearbyen, but it could be observed there as a partial lunar eclipse.

Cloud Coverage (Sep 7)

In the past, this day was cloudy 84% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Longyearbyen

Eclipse Visibility From Longyearbyen Visibility Worldwide
Aug 12, 2026 Partial Solar Eclipse Total Solar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 12, 2028 Partial Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2028 Total Lunar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse
Jun 12, 2029 Partial Solar Eclipse Partial Solar Eclipse

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