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March 14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Knysna, South Africa

Mar 14, 2025 at 6:20 am
Near max in Knysna
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, in Knysna
Began: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 5:57 am
Maximum: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 6:21 am -0.717 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 6:24 am
Duration: 27 minutes

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March 14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Knysna

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

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
5:57 am Fri, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West. 		Map direction West 277°
4.6°
6:21 am Fri, Mar 14
Maximum in Knysna This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Knysna. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Knysna 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 West for the best view of the eclipse. 		Map direction West 274°
0.2°
6:24 am Fri, Mar 14 Setting Moonset Setting Map direction West 274°
-0.2°
7:09 am Fri, Mar 14 Not directly visible Partial Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction West 267°
-9.9°
8:26 am Fri, Mar 14 Not directly visible Total Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction West-southwest 256°
-24.9°
8:58 am Fri, Mar 14 Not directly visible Maximum Eclipse Below horizon Map direction West-southwest 250°
-31.1°
9:31 am Fri, Mar 14 Not directly visible Total Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction West-southwest 244°
-37.0°
10:47 am Fri, Mar 14 Not directly visible Partial Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction Southwest 225°
-49.3°
12:00 noon Fri, Mar 14 Not directly visible Penumbral Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction South-southwest 199°
-56.9°

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.

The total phase of this lunar eclipse was not visible in Knysna, but it could be observed there as a penumbral lunar eclipse. A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.

Cloud Coverage (Mar 14)

In the past, this day was cloudy 45% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipse Visibility From Knysna Visibility Worldwide
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Feb 20–21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 12, 2028 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse

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

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