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March 14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland

Mar 14, 2025 at 6:45 am
Near max in Steffisburg
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Lunar Eclipse in Steffisburg, Bern
Began: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 4:57 am
Maximum: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 6:46 am 0.522 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 6:49 am
Duration: 1 hour, 52 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

March 14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Steffisburg

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

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
4:57 am Fri, Mar 14
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face. Map direction West-southwest 254°
18.1°
6:09 am Fri, Mar 14
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West.
Map direction West 267°
6.1°
6:46 am Fri, Mar 14
Maximum in Steffisburg This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in Steffisburg. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in Steffisburg 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 273°
0.2°
6:49 am Fri, Mar 14 Setting Moonset Setting, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase makes the Moon so dim before it sets, that it might disappear from view some time before it sets. Map direction West 274°
-0.2°
7:26 am Fri, Mar 14 Not directly visible Total Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction West 280°
-7.0°
7:58 am Fri, Mar 14 Not directly visible Maximum Eclipse Below horizon Map direction West-northwest 286°
-12.3°
8:31 am Fri, Mar 14 Not directly visible Total Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction West-northwest 292°
-17.5°
9:47 am Fri, Mar 14 Not directly visible Partial Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction Northwest 308°
-28.7°
11:00 am Fri, Mar 14 Not directly visible Penumbral Eclipse ends Below horizon Map direction North-northwest 327°
-36.9°

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 Steffisburg, but it could be observed there as a partial lunar eclipse.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Steffisburg

Eclipse Visibility From Steffisburg Visibility Worldwide
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Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 2, 2027 Partial Solar Eclipse Total Solar Eclipse
Jan 12, 2028 Partial Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse

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