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{{Short description|Total lunar eclipse of 14 March 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox lunar eclipse
| type = total
| image = File:March_2025_Total_Lunar_Eclipse.jpg
| caption = View from [[Olympia, Washington]], just after 7:00 UTC
| date = March 14, 2025
| gamma = 0.3485
| magnitude = 1.1804
| saros_ser = 123
| saros_no = 53 of 72
| totality = 66 minutes, 3.9 seconds
| partiality = 218 minutes, 55.8 seconds
| penumbral = 363 minutes, 22.4 seconds
| p1 = 3:57:09.4
| u1 = 5:09:22.6
| u2 = 6:25:57.5
| greatest = 6:58:44.5
| u3 = 7:32:01.5
| u4 = 8:48:18.5
| p4 = 10:00:31.9
| previous = September 2024
| next = September 2025
}}

A total [[lunar eclipse]] occurred at the Moon's [[Lunar node|descending node]] of orbit on Friday, March 14, 2025,<ref>{{cite web|title=March 13–14, 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon)|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2025-march-14|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=18 November 2024|archive-date=22 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122221533/https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2025-march-14|url-status=live}}</ref> with an umbral [[Magnitude of eclipse|magnitude]] of 1.1804. A lunar eclipse occurs when the [[Moon]] moves into the [[Earth's shadow]], causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a [[total solar eclipse]], which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the [[night]] side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's [[Umbra, penumbra and antumbra|shadow]] is smaller. Occurring about 3.3 days before [[Apsis|apogee]] (on March 17, 2025, at 12:35 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.<ref>{{cite web|title=Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/distance.html?year=2025&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref>

This lunar eclipse was the first of an [[Tetrad (astronomy)|almost tetrad]], with the others being on [[September 2025 lunar eclipse|September 8, 2025]] (total); [[March 2026 lunar eclipse|March 3, 2026]] (total); and [[August 2026 lunar eclipse|August 28, 2026]] (partial).

This eclipse was seen from the surface of the Moon by Firefly [[Aerospace]]'s [[Blue Ghost Mission 1]] lander, which captured images of the ring of light around the [[Earth]] as the [[Sun]] passed behind it and the red glow on the Moon's surface.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fireflyspace.com/news/blue-ghost-mission-1-live-updates/ | title=Blue Ghost Mission 1: Live Updates | date=18 March 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/fireflys-dazzling-images-of-earth-eclipsing-the-sun/ | title=Firefly's Dazzling Images of Earth Eclipsing the Sun }}</ref>

== Visibility ==
The eclipse was completely visible over North America and South America, seen rising over Australia and northeast Asia and setting over Africa and Europe.<ref>{{cite web|title=Total Lunar Eclipse of 2025 Mar 14|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2025Mar14T.pdf|publisher=NASA|access-date=18 November 2024|archive-date=4 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204053655/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2025Mar14T.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
|[[File:Lunar eclipse from moon-2025Mar14.png|220px]] Simulated view of earth from moon
|[[File:Lunar-eclipse-from-moon-earth-3-14-2025.png|220px]] From moon, with IR clouds<ref>http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/comp/ir/2025073M0600.gif {{Bare URL image|date=June 2025}}</ref>
|[[File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2025Mar14.png|220px]]
|}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File: Final_lunar_eclipse_2025.jpg|View from [[Richland, Michigan]]
File: Lunar eclipse detail.jpg|full eclipse from Chillicothe, Ohio
File:Lunar.Eclipse.Red.jpg|Shortly after totality, from [[Halifax, Canada|Halifax]], 07:35 UTC
File:2025 Lunar Eclipse Blood Moon.jpg|Totality from [[Miamisburg, Ohio|Miamisburg]], [[Ohio]]
File:TLR-moon-mid-eclipse-3-14-2025.jpg|Mid-eclipse, [[Minneapolis]], 7:18 UTC
File:TLR-moon-partial-posttotal-eclipse-3-14-2025.jpg|Partial-post-total eclipse, Minneapolis, 8:13 UTC
File:Collage of March 2025 lunar eclipse in Indiana.png|Before, during, and after eclipse from [[Indiana]]
File:20250313TLE.png|Total lunar eclipse of 2025-03-14, as seen from [[North Vancouver (district municipality)|North Vancouver]], BC, Canada
</gallery>

== Eclipse details ==
Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular lunar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.<ref>{{cite web|title=Total Lunar Eclipse of 2025 Mar 14|url=https://eclipsewise.com/lunar/LEprime/2001-2100/LE2025Mar14Tprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" align="{{{align|left}}}" style="margin:{{#ifeq:{{{align}}}|right|0 0 0.5em 1em|0 1em 0.5em 0}}"
|+March 14, 2025 Lunar Eclipse Parameters
! Parameter
! Value
|-
| Penumbral Magnitude
| 2.26146
|-
| Umbral Magnitude
| 1.18038
|-
| Gamma
| 0.34846
|-
| Sun Right Ascension
| 23h37m46.0s
|-
| Sun Declination
| -02°24'16.8"
|-
| Sun Semi-Diameter
| 16'05.2"
|-
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax
| 08.8"
|-
| Moon Right Ascension
| 11h38m23.0s
|-
| Moon Declination
| +02°40'54.6"
|-
| Moon Semi-Diameter
| 14'52.8"
|-
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax
| 0°54'36.8"
|-
| ΔT
| 71.7 s
|}
{{clear}}

== Eclipse season ==
{{See also|Eclipse cycle}}
This eclipse is part of an [[eclipse season]], a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each calendar year and part of a third may occur. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a [[fortnight]].

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Eclipse season of March 2025
! March 14 Descending node (full moon) !! [[Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025|March 29]] Ascending node (new moon) 
|-
| [[File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2025Mar14.png|200px]] || [[File:SE2025Mar29P.png|200px]]
|- align=center
| [[Lunar eclipse#Types of lunar eclipse|Total lunar eclipse]] Lunar Saros 123 || [[Total eclipse#Types|Partial solar eclipse]] Solar Saros 149
|}

== Related eclipses ==
=== Eclipses in 2025 ===
* '''A total lunar eclipse on March 14.'''
* [[Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025|A partial solar eclipse on March 29]].
* [[September 2025 lunar eclipse|A total lunar eclipse on September 7]].
* [[Solar eclipse of September 21, 2025|A partial solar eclipse on September 21]].

=== Metonic ===
* Preceded by: [[May 2021 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of May 26, 2021]]
* Followed by: [[December 2028 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of December 31, 2028]]

=== Tzolkinex ===
* Preceded by: [[January 2018 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of January 31, 2018]]
* Followed by: [[April 2032 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of April 25, 2032]]

=== Half-Saros ===
* Preceded by: [[Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016]]
* Followed by: [[Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034]]

=== Tritos ===
* Preceded by: [[April 2014 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2014]]
* Followed by: [[February 2036 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2036]]

=== Lunar Saros 123 ===
* Preceded by: [[March 2007 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of March 3, 2007]]
* Followed by: [[March 2043 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of March 25, 2043]]

=== Inex ===
* Preceded by: [[April 1996 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of April 4, 1996]]
* Followed by: [[February 2054 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of February 22, 2054]]

=== Triad ===
* Preceded by: [[May 1938 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of May 14, 1938]]
* Followed by: [[January 2112 lunar eclipse|Lunar eclipse of January 14, 2112]]

=== Lunar eclipses of 2024–2027 ===
{{Lunar eclipse set 2024-2027}}

=== Metonic series ===
{{Metonic lunar eclipse 2006-2063}}

=== Saros 123 ===
{{Lunar Saros series 123}}

=== Tritos series ===
{{Lunar Tritos series May 2003}}

=== Half-Saros cycle ===
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a [[Saros (astronomy)#Relationship between lunar and solar saros .28sar.29|half saros]]).<ref>Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros''</ref> Related to [[Solar Saros 130]].

{| class=wikitable
![[Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016|March 9, 2016]]
![[Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034|March 20, 2034]]
|-
|[[File:SE2016Mar09T.png|240px]]
|[[File:SE2034Mar20T.png|240px]]
|}

==See also==
*[[List of 21st-century lunar eclipses]]
*[[Lists of lunar eclipses]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Lunar eclipse of 2025 March 14}}
*[http://www.hermit.org/eclipse/gen_stats.cgi?mode=query&page=full&qtype=type&body=L&saros=123 Saros cycle 123]
*{{LEplot2001 link|2025|Mar|14|T}}

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