March 2025 lunar eclipse

{{Short description|Total lunar eclipse of 14 March 2025}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}

{{Infobox lunar eclipse

| type = total

| image = File:Lunar eclipse detail.jpg

| caption = View from Chillicothe, Ohio

| date = March 14, 2025

| gamma = 0.3485

| magnitude = 1.1804

| saros_ser = 123

| saros_no = 53 of 72

| totality = 66 minutes, 3.9 seconds

| partiality = 218 minutes, 55.8 seconds

| penumbral = 363 minutes, 22.4 seconds

| p1 = 3:57:09.4

| u1 = 5:09:22.6

| u2 = 6:25:57.5

| greatest = 6:58:44.5

| u3 = 7:32:01.5

| u4 = 8:48:18.5

| p4 = 10:00:31.9

| previous = September 2024

| next = September 2025

}}

A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, March 14, 2025,{{cite web|title=March 13–14, 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon)|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2025-march-14|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=18 November 2024|archive-date=22 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122221533/https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2025-march-14|url-status=live}} with an umbral magnitude of 1.1804. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a total solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 3.3 days before apogee (on March 17, 2025, at 12:35 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.{{cite web|title=Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/distance.html?year=2025&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=18 November 2024}}

This lunar eclipse was the first of an almost tetrad, with the others being on September 8, 2025 (total); March 3, 2026 (total); and August 28, 2026 (partial).

This eclipse was seen from the surface of the Moon by Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander, which captured images of the ring of light around the Earth as the Sun passed behind it and the red glow on the Moon's surface.{{cite web | url=https://fireflyspace.com/news/blue-ghost-mission-1-live-updates/ | title=Blue Ghost Mission 1: Live Updates | date=18 March 2025 }}{{cite web | url=https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/fireflys-dazzling-images-of-earth-eclipsing-the-sun/ | title=Firefly's Dazzling Images of Earth Eclipsing the Sun }}