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September 7, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Vatican City, Vatican City State

Sep 7, 2025 at 8:11 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Vatican City
Began: Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Maximum: Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 8:11 pm 1.362 Magnitude
Ended: Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 10:55 pm
Duration: 3 hours, 25 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.
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September 7, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Vatican City

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

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
5:28 pm Sun, Sep 7 Not directly visible Penumbral Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction East 78°
-23.0°
6:27 pm Sun, Sep 7 Not directly visible Partial Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction East 88°
-12.4°
7:30 pm Sun, Sep 7 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. Map direction East 98°
-0.2°
7:30 pm Sun, Sep 7
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
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 for the best view of the eclipse.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see. 		Map direction East 98°
-0.2°
8:11 pm Sun, Sep 7
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-southeast. 		Map direction East-southeast 105°
6.7°
8:52 pm Sun, Sep 7
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends. Map direction East-southeast 112°
13.8°
9:56 pm Sun, Sep 7
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends. Map direction Southeast 124°
24.2°
10:55 pm Sun, Sep 7
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends. Map direction Southeast 137°
32.5°

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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.

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in Vatican City. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Sep 7)

In the past, this day was cloudy 42% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  2. Total Lunar Eclipse
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  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
  6. Can I See a Lunar Eclipse?
  7. Blood Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse
  8. Eclipse Seasons
  9. What Is a Tetrad?
  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Vatican City

Eclipse Visibility From Vatican City Visibility Worldwide
Aug 12, 2026 Partial Solar Eclipse Total Solar Eclipse
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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