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Ephemeris: 03/13/2025 – Get ready for tomorrow morning’s total lunar eclipse

March 13, 2025

This is Ephemeris for Thursday, March 13th. Today the Sun will be up for 11 hours and 48 minutes, setting at 7:46, and it will rise tomorrow at 7:56. The Moon, 1 day before full, will set at 8:06 tomorrow morning.

Late, late, late, tonight, or actually early tomorrow morning there will be a total eclipse of the Moon. The moment of full moon, which is necessary for a lunar eclipse will occur at 2:55 AM tomorrow, and the middle of the eclipse will be 5 minutes later. The partial phase of the lunar eclipse will start at 1:10 AM. This partial phase will grow until 2:26 AM when totality will begin. During this period of time the Moon should have a dull reddish color because it is illuminated only by the light filtering through the Earth’s atmosphere from the combined sunrises and sunsets around the world at that time. The total phase will end at 3:31 AM. The ending partial phase will continue until 4:48 AM.

The astronomical event times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan (EDT, UT – 4 hours). Times will be different for other locations.

Addendum

Total lunar eclipse: The Moon moves from right to left in relation to the Earth's shadow
The Moon moves from right to left in relation to the Earth’s shadow. Created using Stellarium, LibreOffice Draw, and GIMP.

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