March 2025 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse will take place on March 14, 2025.

Visibility

Related eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2024-2027

Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
113	2024 Mar 25	Penumbral		118	2024 Sep 18	Partial
123	2025 Mar 14	Total		128	2025 Sep 07	Total
133	2026 Mar 03	Total		138	2026 Aug 28	Partial
143	2027 Feb 20	Penumbral		148	2027 Aug 17	Penumbral
Last set	2023 Oct 28			Last set	2023 May 05
Next set	2027 Jul 18			Next set	2028 Jan 12

Saros series

Lunar saros series 123, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has 25 total lunar eclipses. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on July 16, 1628, and last will be on April 4, 2061. The two longest occurrence of this series were on September 20, 1736 and October 1, 1754 when totality lasted 106 minutes.^[1]

It last occurred on March 3, 2007 and will next occur on March 25, 2043.

Metonic cycles (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 - penumbral (113) 2025 Mar 14 - total (123) 2044 Mar 13 - total (133) 2064 Mar 14- partial (143)	2006 Sep 07 - penumbral (118) 2025 Sep 07 - total (128) 2044 Sep 07 - partial (138) 2063 Sep 07 - partial (148)

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st century lunar eclipses

Notes

1. ^ Listing of Eclipses of cycle 123

External links

• Saros cycle 123
• 2025 Mar 24 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC