Solar eclipse of September 21, 2025

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Solar eclipse of September 21, 2025
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.0651
Magnitude0.855
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates60°54′S 153°30′E / 60.9°S 153.5°E / -60.9; 153.5
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse19:43:04
References
Saros154 (7 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9564

A partial solar eclipse will occur on September 21, 2025. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth. Partiality will be visible across much of the South Pacific and Antarctica, with up to 73% coverage being visible in mainland New Zealand.[1]

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Animated path

Related eclipses[edit]

Eclipses of 2025[edit]

Solar eclipses of 2022–2025[edit]

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[2]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2022 to 2025
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
119

Partial from CTIO, Chile
2022 April 30

Partial
−1.19008 124

Partial from Saratov, Russia
2022 October 25

Partial
1.07014
129

Total from
East Timor
2023 April 20

Hybrid
−0.39515 134

Annular from
Campeche, Mexico
2023 October 14

Annular
0.37534
139

Total from
Indianapolis, USA
2024 April 8

Total
0.34314 144 2024 October 2

Annular
−0.35087
149 2025 March 29

Partial
1.04053 154 2025 September 21

Partial
−1.06509

Metonic series[edit]

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

21 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between July 11, 1953 and July 11, 2029
July 10–12 April 29–30 February 15–16 December 4–5 September 21–23
116 118 120 122 124

July 11, 1953

April 30, 1957

February 15, 1961

December 4, 1964

September 22, 1968
126 128 130 132 134

July 10, 1972

April 29, 1976

February 16, 1980

December 4, 1983

September 23, 1987
136 138 140 142 144

July 11, 1991

April 29, 1995

February 16, 1999

December 4, 2002

September 22, 2006
146 148 150 152 154

July 11, 2010

April 29, 2014

February 15, 2018

December 4, 2021

September 21, 2025
156 158 160 162 164

July 11, 2029

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Partial Solar Eclipse on September 21, 2025: Path Map and Times". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  2. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

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