A total lunar eclipse will take place between Sunday, September 7 and Monday, September 8, 2025. The Moon will barely miss the center of the Earth's shadow. It will be the second of two total lunar eclipses. Occurring roughly 3 days before perigee, the Moon will appear larger than usual.
It will be completely visible over much of Asia, Australia and eastern Africa, will be seen rising over the rest of Africa and Europe, and setting over eastern Asia and New Zealand.
Lunar saros series 128, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 57 umbral eclipses (42 partial lunar eclipses and 15 total lunar eclipses). Solar Saros 135 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.
Greatest
First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1953 Jul 26, lasting 108 minutes.[1]
Lunar Saros 128 contains 15 total lunar eclipses between 1845 and 2097 (in years 1845, 1863, 1881, 1899, 1917, 1935, 1953, 1971, 1989, 2007, 2025, 2043, 2061, 2079 and 2097). Solar Saros 135 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.
Metonic cycle (19 years)
This eclipse is the second of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, September 7, each separated by 19 years:
The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 135.
september, 2025, lunar, eclipse, total, lunar, eclipseseptember, 2025the, moon, passes, west, east, right, left, across, earth, umbral, shadow, shown, hourly, intervals, saros, member, gamma, 2752magnitude, 3619duration, totality, 06partial, 24penumbral, 40con. Total lunar eclipseSeptember 7 8 2025The moon passes west to east right to left across the Earth s umbral shadow shown in hourly intervals Saros and member 128 41 of 71 Gamma 0 2752Magnitude 1 3619Duration hr mn sc Totality 1 22 06Partial 3 29 24Penumbral 5 26 40Contacts UTC P1 15 28 21U1 16 27 02U2 17 30 41Greatest 18 11 43U3 18 52 47U4 19 56 26P4 20 55 00A total lunar eclipse will take place between Sunday September 7 and Monday September 8 2025 The Moon will barely miss the center of the Earth s shadow It will be the second of two total lunar eclipses Occurring roughly 3 days before perigee the Moon will appear larger than usual This eclipse is the second of an almost tetrad with others being 14 Mar 2025 T 03 Mar 2026 T and 28 Aug 2026 P Contents 1 Visibility 2 Related eclipses 2 1 Eclipses of 2025 2 2 Lunar year series 2 3 Saros series 2 4 Metonic cycle 19 years 2 5 Half Saros cycle 3 See also 4 Notes 5 External linksVisibility EditIt will be completely visible over much of Asia Australia and eastern Africa will be seen rising over the rest of Africa and Europe and setting over eastern Asia and New Zealand Visibility mapRelated eclipses EditEclipses of 2025 Edit A total lunar eclipse on March 14 A partial solar eclipse on March 29 A total lunar eclipse on September 7 A partial solar eclipse on September 21 Lunar year series Edit Lunar eclipse series sets from 2024 2027Descending node Ascending nodeSaros Date TypeViewing Gamma Saros DateViewing TypeChart Gamma113 2024 Mar 25 Penumbral 1 06098 118 2024 Sep 18 Partial 0 97920123 2025 Mar 14 Total 0 34846 128 2025 Sep 07 Total 0 27521133 2026 Mar 03 Total 0 37651 138 2026 Aug 28 Partial 0 49644143 2027 Feb 20 Penumbral 1 04803 148 2027 Aug 17 Penumbral 1 27974Last set 2023 May 05 Last set 2023 Oct 28Next set 2028 Jan 12 Next set 2027 Jul 18Saros series Edit Lunar saros series 128 repeating every 18 years and 11 days has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 57 umbral eclipses 42 partial lunar eclipses and 15 total lunar eclipses Solar Saros 135 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series Greatest First The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 1953 Jul 26 lasting 108 minutes 1 Penumbral Partial Total Central1304 Jun 18 1430 Sep 2 1845 May 21 1899 Jun 23LastCentral Total Partial Penumbral2007 Aug 28 2097 May 21 2440 May 17 2566 Aug 21901 2100 1917 Jul 4 1935 Jul 16 1953 Jul 26 1971 Aug 6 1989 Aug 17 2007 Aug 28 2025 Sep 7 2043 Sep 19 2061 Sep 29 2079 Oct 10 2097 Oct 21 Lunar Saros 128 contains 15 total lunar eclipses between 1845 and 2097 in years 1845 1863 1881 1899 1917 1935 1953 1971 1989 2007 2025 2043 2061 2079 and 2097 Solar Saros 135 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series Metonic cycle 19 years Edit This eclipse is the second of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date September 7 each separated by 19 years The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year Because it occurs on the same calendar date the earth s shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars 2006 Mar 14 99 penumbral 113 2025 Mar 14 29 total 123 2044 Mar 13 82 total 133 2063 Mar 14 67 partial 143 2006 Sep 07 79 partial 118 2025 Sep 07 76 total 128 2044 Sep 07 47 partial 138 2063 Sep 07 86 penumbral 148 Half Saros cycle Edit A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5 5 days a half saros 2 This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 135 September 1 2016 September 12 2034 See also EditList of lunar eclipses and List of 21st century lunar eclipsesNotes Edit Listing of Eclipses of cycle 128 Mathematical Astronomy Morsels Jean Meeus p 110 Chapter 18 The half sarosExternal links EditSaros cycle 128 2025 Sep 07 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak NASA GSFC This lunar eclipse related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title September 2025 lunar eclipse amp oldid 1125607537, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
