🌕✨ Total Lunar Eclipse Alert: September 7-8, 2025!
Note: Eclipse not visible for most of North & South America, but you can watch online!
🌟 Key Features of the Eclipse:
- Date: Sunday, September 7—Monday, September 8, 2025
- Visible to: Much of the world 🌍 (Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa)
- Color: The Moon will turn a stunning reddish copper! 🌑❤️
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth’s shadow completely covers the Moon. 🌍➡️🌕 That’s when the Moon turns red, glowing with a mystical “Blood Moon” hue. 😱 It’s one of the most beautiful sights in the night sky. This full moon is the Corn Moon. The Corn Moon takes its name from harvest season traditions, when corn and other crops were gathered by Indigenous peoples in North America and farming communities around the world.
Watch the Event Live – Telescope Views & Commentary
Live Broadcast from timeandate.com –
starting Sunday, September 7: 16:00 UTC or 12:00 pm EDT • 9 am PDT
Live Broadcast from the Secrets of Space –
starting Sunday, September 7: 14:45 UTC or 10:45 a.m. EST • 7:45 a.m. PST
🌑 When & Where to Watch In-Person
- Visible in Australia, Asia, Africa, and Europe.
- Partial views will be visible in parts of North and South America, as well as along the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, and in parts of the Arctic and Antarctica.
- You don’t need a fancy telescope to witness this! Just head outside, look up, and enjoy the view.
- If you want to enhance your experience, binoculars or a small telescope can bring the details into sharper focus. 🔭👁️
Unlike a solar eclipse, the timing of the lunar eclipse is the same for everyone in the viewing area, just adjusted to your time zone.
Additionally, times are provided in UTC or GMT as the standard time.
The real action begins when the Moon starts to disappear as it enters the umbra at about 16:27 UTC. An hour and a half later, entirely within the umbra, the Moon is a ghostly copper color.
| Total Lunar Eclipse Phase | UTC | AWST (Perth) | EST |
| Penumbral Eclipse Begins Not much to see yet! The outer edge of the Earth’s shadow is called the penumbra. It is barely noticeable by the naked eye when the Moon passes through it. The light only dims by a couple of %. It’s not a particularly interesting part of a lunar eclipse. |
15:28 (Sept 7) |
11:28 pm (Sept 7) |
11:28 am (Sept 7)* |
| Partial Eclipse Begins The real action begins when the bright full Moon begins to be covered by Earth’s darker shadow (umbra). The bright full Moon may appear white, but with a fuzzy shadow blocking part of it. |
16:27 (Sept 7) |
12:27 am (Sept 8) |
12:27 pm (Sept 7)* |
| Total Eclipse Begins Start of the best part! An hour later, entirely within the umbra, the Moon is a ghostly reddish color. Totality lasts for an hour and a half before the Moon begins to emerge from the central shadow. |
17:30 (Sept 7) |
1:30 am (Sept 8) |
1:30 pm (Sept 7)* |
| Maximum Eclipse The peak of the show! This is the peak of the event, at the halfway point. This is when the reddish color will be the deepest. If you only have time to look at one part, this is what to aim for. |
18:11 (Sept 7) |
2:11 am (Sept 8) |
2:11 pm (Sept 7)* |
| Total Eclipse Ends Start watching the transition back to a white Moon! The total eclipse ends when the edge of the Moon starts to emerge out of the full shadow (umbra) and into the lighter shadow (penumbra). The reddish color begins to disappear. The bright full Moon may appear white, but with a fuzzy shadow blocking part of it. Now the partial eclipse phase begins again. |
18:52 (Sept 7) |
2:52 am (Sept 8) |
2:52 pm (Sept 7)* |
| Partial Eclipse Ends The show is over for most sky watchers! The Moon has moved completely out of the Umbra. If viewing with your naked eye, this is a good place to stop watching. The Moon will be moving through the penumbra, but it is difficult to see this, as the light change is only a few %. |
19:56 (Sept 7) |
3:56 am (Sept 8) |
3:56 pm (Sept 7)* |
| Penumbral Eclipse Ends Not much to see here! The official eclipse is over when the Moon completely leaves the outer edge of the Earth’s shadow. |
20:55 (Sept 7) |
4:55 am (Sept 8) |
4:55 pm (Sept 7)* |
* Eclipse not visible, Moon is below the horizon.
To find out the eclipses times for your local check out timeanddate.com.
What is a lunar eclipse?
Earth’s shadow can be divided into two distinctive parts: the umbra and penumbra.
Earth totally occludes direct solar radiation within the umbra, the central region of the shadow. However, since the Sun’s diameter appears about one-quarter of Earth’s in the lunar sky, the planet only partially blocks direct sunlight within the penumbra, the outer portion of the shadow.
Within the umbra, the central region, the planet totally shields direct sunlight. In contrast, within the penumbra, the outer portion, the sunlight is only partially blocked.
In the diagram, the Sun, Moon, and Earth sizes nor the distances between the bodies are to scale.
🚀 The Science Behind the Red Glow 🔴
Why does the Moon turn red?
The key is Rayleigh scattering. As sunlight passes through Earth’s atmosphere, shorter wavelengths (like blue light) scatter, leaving the longer wavelengths (like red) to illuminate the Moon. 🌇 This causes the Moon to glow in shades of orange and red. 🧡❤️
It’s a truly magical sight! 🌟
The moon is red during a total lunar eclipse because of the same effect that creates sunrises and sunsets.
Colors of shorter wavelengths like blue are scattered more by Earth’s atmosphere than the longer wavelengths like red. When the sun is low in the sky during sunrise and sunset the light travels through more atmosphere so more of the blue light is scattered leaving more red light. When Earth blocks the light from the sun during a lunar eclipse the edge of Earth has a glow like a sunrise or a sunset from the scattered light in the atmosphere. This is what gives the shadow on the moon during the total eclipse its reddish tint.
During a lunar eclipse, Earth’s atmosphere scatters sunlight. The blue light from the Sun scatters away, and longer-wavelength red, orange, and yellow light pass through, turning our Moon red. *This image is not to scale. Credit: Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio
Eclipse Watching Tips from EarthSky.org
Top Tips for Viewing a Lunar Eclipse
- Don’t just go out once to look. Watch as much of the event from start to finish to see how the moon changes.
- Look at the video showing the phases so you will know what to expect.
- You don’t need any special glasses or protection. It is like looking at a regular full moon.
- You can use binoculars or a telescope to see more details but your eyes are all you need.
* Always wear proper eye protection when viewing a solar eclipse. View details »
Eclipse Season: What Is It?
Did you know that eclipses don’t just happen randomly throughout the year? They occur in what’s called Eclipse Season! 🌑✨
Eclipse seasons are windows of time when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align just right to create eclipses. Each season lasts for about 34 to 38 days and occurs roughly every six months. During this period, there are typically two eclipses—one solar and one lunar—because of the way the Moon’s orbit intersects the Earth’s orbital plane (called the ecliptic). Sometimes, we get three, but not in 2025.
The first eclipse season of 2025:
- Total Lunar Eclipse on March 13-14, 2025 🌕🌑: The first eclipse of the season, visible in the , will be a total lunar eclipse, where the Earth casts a red shadow over the Moon. It’s going to be a spectacular celestial show!
- Partial Solar Eclipse on March 29, 2025 ☀️🌒: Just a couple weeks later, we’ll have a partial solar eclipse, but this one will be visible only from certain parts of the world (including parts of the Pacific Ocean, Asia, Europe, and a tiny bit of the northeast US).
A second eclipse season occurs later in 2025:
- Total Lunar Eclipse on September 7-8, 2025 🌕🌑: This total lunar eclipse will be visible in Australia, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Partial views will be seen in parts of North and South America, along with the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Oceans, and parts of the Arctic and Antarctica.
- Partial Solar Eclipse on September 21, 2025 ☀️🌒: The final eclipse of the year will be a partial solar eclipse, visible from parts of Southern Australia, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and Antarctica.
Don’t miss out on these cosmic spectacles, either in person or watching online! 🌞🌑
The September 2025 Full Moon Timing 🌕 ⏰
How long is the Moon 100% Full?
- The Full Moon phase itself lasts only a brief moment — a few minutes when the Moon is exactly opposite the Sun.
- The Full Moon occurs at 18:34 UTC on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. At this exact time, the Moon is 100% full.
- The Moon is 100% full for about 1–2 minutes — from 18:34 UTC to approximately 18:36 UTC (a very short time, given the precision of the alignment).
- After 18:34 UTC, the Moon begins to move slightly out of alignment, and it will no longer be exactly opposite the Sun. It will drop to approximately 99.9% full in the next few minutes, and the full illumination will start to decrease gradually.
After Full Moon – Declining Brightness:
- After this exact moment of Full Moon (when it’s 100% illuminated), the Moon starts to move along its orbit, and the illumination fraction decreases.
- By 18:38 UTC, the Moon has already lost a fraction of its full brilliance, down to around 99.9% illumination, and the decline continues steadily.
So, the timeline looks something like this:
- 18:34 UTC: Full Moon (100% illumination) for about 1–2 minutes.
- 18:36 UTC: 99.9% full.
- 18:38 UTC: Brightness continues to decline, and the Full Moon glow begins its slow fade.
- I’m using UTC here instead of EST because this time zone has a full view of the eclipse.
🌕 September 7, 2025 — Lunar Eclipse Parameters 🌑
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| Penumbral Eclipse Begins | 2025 Sept 7 — 16:28:48 |
| Partial Eclipse Begins | 2025 Sept 7 — 17:34:32 |
| Total Eclipse Begins | 2025 Sept 7 — 18:41:52 |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2025 Sept 7 — 19:12:46 |
| Total Eclipse Ends | 2025 Sept 7 — 19:43:42 |
| Partial Eclipse Ends | 2025 Sept 7 — 20:50:59 |
| Penumbral Eclipse Ends | 2025 Sept 7 — 21:56:42 |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Penumbral Magnitude | 2.34591 |
| Umbral Magnitude | 1.36379 |
| Gamma | −0.27521 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 11h06m09.1s |
| Sun Declination | +05°45’47.6″ |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15’52.4″ |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7″ |
| Moon Right Ascension | 23h06m40.4s |
| Moon Declination | −06°00’08.9″ |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16’09.8″ |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°59’19.1″ |
| ΔT | 71.9 s |
📚 For lunar eclipses, the penumbral magnitude measures how deep the Moon goes into Earth’s faint outer shadow, while the umbral magnitude shows how much enters the darker, central shadow. Together, they explain why this one is a total lunar eclipse and such a dramatic sight. 🌕✨
🌕🔴🌑 Blood Moon
A Blood Moon occurs during a total lunar eclipse, when the Earth casts its shadow on the Moon, turning it a striking red hue. 🔴 This moon is often seen as a mysterious and powerful event. The deep, rusty color symbolizes the cosmic battle between light and shadow. The new moon represents the shadow as the Earth’s atmosphere bends sunlight, filtering only the red wavelengths, which paint the Moon’s surface. 🌑🌕 The Blood Moon is a symbol of transformation, where old cycles end, and new beginnings are ushered in under its hauntingly beautiful glow. 🌕🔴
Beyond the Science…
🌽🌕 Corn Moon
The Corn Moon is the September full moon, marking the time when corn and other staple crops are ready for gathering. 🌽🌕 Across cultures, from Indigenous peoples in North America to European farming communities, this moon has carried many names—Barley Moon, Wine Moon, and Singing Moon—all tied to harvest and seasonal rituals. When the bright moon rises, it reminds us of abundance, gratitude, and the cycles of nature. 🍇🌾
While the Corn Moon always belongs to September, the Harvest Moon shifts—sometimes in September, other times in October—depending on which full moon is closest to the autumn equinox. 🍂✨ In 2025, that honor goes to October, making tomorrow’s Corn Moon a prelude to the true Harvest Moon still to come. 🌕🌽🍁
Here are some other names for the September Full Moon:
| Name | Culture/Region | Origin/Meaning |
| Corn Moon | Indigenous (Algonquin, Eastern Woodlands) |
Marks the time of year when corn and other staple crops are ready for gathering. |
| Barley Moon | Western Europe (Celtic & Anglo-Saxon) |
Refers to the season when barley was harvested, often linked with brewing and feasting. |
| Wine Moon | European Tradition | Associated with grape harvesting and winemaking, symbolizing abundance and celebration. |
| Singing Moon | Choctaw (Southeastern U.S.) |
Reflects the cultural significance of this time of gathering, music, and communal rituals. |
| Middle Moon | Chinese Tradition | Connected to the Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhongqiu Jie), celebrating unity, harvest, and the beauty of the moon. |
| Mooncake Moon | Chinese Tradition | Tied to the Mid-Autumn Festival’s custom of sharing mooncakes under the full moon. |
| Acorn Moon | Old European Tradition | Signifies the time when oak trees drop their acorns, a key food source for wildlife as winter approaches. |
| Dying Grass Moon | Indigenous (Various Tribes) |
Marks the seasonal shift as grasses begin to wither with the approach of cooler weather. |
| Rut Moon | Northern European Tradition | Refers to the mating season of deer, which often coincides with this moon. |
🌕 Corn Moon Eclipse: A Night of Transformation 🌑
On the night of September 7–8, 2025, the Corn Moon will bring not just its silvery glow but also a total lunar eclipse. While this eclipse won’t be visible from the United States, our community can still experience its wonder by tuning in online to livestreams from around the globe. 🌍✨
🌿 Astrological Vibes: Release & Renewal
Eclipses are often seen as cosmic turning points—moments to clear out what no longer serves us and invite in growth and transformation. 🌱💫 As this lunar eclipse in Pisces unfolds, it encourages us to lean into intuition, compassion, and emotional healing. It’s a reminder to let go of rigid patterns, trust your inner guidance, and open space for deeper spiritual alignment. 🌊✨
🌟 Cosmic Reset: Trust the Process
Though the Moon will darken, this is not an ending but a renewal. Astrologers often describe lunar eclipses as reset buttons, offering a chance to pause, reflect, and begin again. With the Virgo Sun across the sky, the message is about balance—pairing your dreams with practical steps, tending to your well-being, and creating order where there’s been overwhelm. 🌌🌾
🌠 Look Up (Or Online) & Connect
Even if you can’t see the eclipse overhead, you can still join in the collective awe. Ancient cultures viewed eclipses as sacred events, charged with divine energy. Today, we can honor that same tradition by pausing, looking up, and connecting—whether through livestreams, meditation, or simply stepping outside to feel the night sky’s quiet power. 🌙💻💫
🍂 From Corn Moon to Harvest Moon
This eclipse falls during the Corn Moon, September’s full moon tied to harvest and abundance. 🌽 In 2025, the true Harvest Moon will arrive a month later in October, closest to the autumn equinox. That makes this Corn Moon eclipse a powerful prelude—a moment of release before the season of gathering, a chance to clear the field before the harvest begins. 🌕🌾🍁
The world is chaotic, so let’s hope you can pause and do a personal reset, if only for a moment.
