| bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2 | Total lunar eclipse September 7-8, 2025 | ||
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| align=center colspan=2 | The Moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | 128 (41 of 71) | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | -0.2752 | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | 1.3619 | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2 | Duration (hr:mn:sc) | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | Totality | 1:22:06 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | Partial | 3:29:24 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | Penumbral | 5:26:40 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2 | Contacts (UTC) | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P1 | 15:28:21 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U1 | 16:27:02 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | U2 | 17:30:41 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0 | Greatest | 18:11:43 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | U3 | 18:52:47 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U4 | 19:56:26 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P4 | 20:55:00 |
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).
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 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.
This eclipse is the second of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, September 7, each separated by 19 years:
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 135.