This coming September 7 just before midnight of September 8, there will be a total lunar eclipse that will be visible in the Philippines as well as Asia, Australia, Africa and Europe. This is the 2nd total lunar eclipse for this year 2025 but the 1st one which happened on March 13-14, 2025 was not visible in the Philippines and Asia.
The eclipse will start with the Moon entering into the penumbral shadow of Earth at around 11:28pm of September 7th with the Moon situated 68 deg high above the Southern horizon. Moon will enter umbra or dark shadow of Earth at 12:27am and gradually entering fully into the Earth’s shadow at totality at 01:31am . Maximum totality will occur at 02:12am with the Moon at 50 deg high in the constellation of Aquarius. Totality will last about 1 hour 22 minutes. The Moon will exit totality at 02:53am and gradually exits the umbral shadow by 03:57am with the Moon still 27 deg high above the Western horizon. Lastly, the Mon will finally exit the penumbral shadow at 04:55am with the Moon still 13 deg above the Western horizon thus ending the eclipse in its entirely.
