Overview

• The eclipse occurs on Sunday, 21 September 2025 (MESZ), with phases listed by TimeandDate at 19:29 start, 21:41 maximum and 23:53 end.
• Visibility is confined to the southern hemisphere, chiefly New Zealand, some South Pacific islands and parts of Antarctica.
• The event is not observable from Germany, so viewers there will need to follow livestreams on Sunday evening local time.
• Observers are urged to use certified eclipse glasses or proper solar filters and never look at the Sun directly.
• This eclipse follows the 7 September total lunar eclipse, and Germany’s next major opportunity comes on 12 August 2026 with a deep partial locally and totality reachable in parts of Spain, Iceland and Greenland.