Solar eclipse of September 21, 2025
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.
Solar eclipse of September 21, 2025 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | -1.0651 |
Magnitude | 0.855 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 60.9°S 153.5°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 19:43:04 |
References | |
Saros | 154 (7 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9564 |
Images
Animated path
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 2025
Solar eclipses of 2022–2025
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.[1]
Solar eclipse series sets from 2022–2025 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
119 | 2022 April 30![]() Partial | -1.19008 | 124 | 2022 October 25![]() Partial | 1.07014 | |
129 | 2023 April 20![]() Hybrid | -0.39515 | 134 | 2023 October 14![]() Annular | 0.37534 | |
139 | 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
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 | ||||
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July 10–12 | April 29–30 | February 15–16 | December 4–5 | September 21–23 |
96 | 98 | 100 | 102 | 104 |
July 12, 1915 | April 30, 1919 | February 15, 1923 | December 5, 1926 | September 22, 1930 |
106 | 108 | 110 | 112 | 114 |
July 11, 1934 | April 30, 1938 | February 15, 1942 | December 4, 1945 | September 22, 1949 |
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 |
April 29, 2033 | February 15, 2037 | December 4, 2040 | September 21, 2044 |
References
- 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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External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC