The next lunar eclipse is only weeks away: Find out when and where you can see the September blood moon

For over an hour at the start of September, the Moon will be totally eclipsed by Earth’s shadow, marking the second total lunar eclipse of 2025 — the first took place back in March, the first in more than three years.

When is the blood moon total lunar eclipse?

The total eclipse happens on September 7, 2025.

Sadly for U.S. skywatchers, the eclipse won’t be visible anywhere in the Americas, as the Moon will be below the horizon for the entire event. You’ll be able to watch a live stream here on AS USA.

Where is the September lunar eclipse visible?

The total lunar eclipse will be visible from start to finish in Asia and Western Australia, while those in Europe, Africa, Eastern Australia and New Zealand will see part of the eclipse, including totality.

Here’s when totality happens in some key cities:

• Perth, Australia: 1:30 to 2:52 a.m. AWST on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025
• Mumbai, India: 11:00 p.m. IST on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, to 12:22 a.m. IST on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025
• Cairo: 8:30 to 9:52 p.m. EEST on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025
• Cape Town, South Africa: 7:30 to 8:52 p.m. SAST on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025

Those times are for totality, which will last a full 82 minutes between 5:30 and 6:52 p.m. GMT.

The partial eclipse leading up to totality, and then returning to full brightness afterward, will last about 75 minutes on either side of the main event.

Why is it called a blood moon?

When Earth moves directly between the Sun and the Moon, it blocks sunlight from reaching the Moon, creating the eclipse. The only light that reaches the lunar surface is sunlight that passes through Earth’s atmosphere, which scatters shorter blue wavelengths and allows longer red and orange wavelengths to pass through. Those create the coppery, blood-red glow that gives the phenomenon its name.

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