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7 September 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Athens, Greece

7 Sep 2025, 21:11
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Athens
Begins: Sun, 7 Sep 2025, 19:41
Maximum: Sun, 7 Sep 2025, 21:11 1.362 Magnitude
Ends: Sun, 7 Sep 2025, 23:55
Duration: 4 hours, 14 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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7 September 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Athens

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like in Athens. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times are local time (EEST) for Athens.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
18:28 Sun, 7 SepNot directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 87°
-14.9°
19:27 Sun, 7 SepNot directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East 96°
-3.3°
19:41 Sun, 7 SepRisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East 98°
-0.2°
20:30 Sun, 7 Sep
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-southeast.
Map direction East-southeast 105°
8.6°
21:11 Sun, 7 Sep
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-southeast 112°
16.1°
21:52 Sun, 7 Sep
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 119°
23.3°
22:56 Sun, 7 Sep
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southeast 132°
33.4°
23:55 Sun, 7 Sep
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South-southeast 148°
40.9°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

This total lunar eclipse is fully visible in Athens. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in Athens

Eclipse Visibility From AthensVisibility Worldwide
18 Sep 2024 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
14 Mar 2025 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
7 Sep 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
28 Aug 2026 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
20–21 Feb 2027 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse

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