Overview
- Experts including UNAM have categorically dismissed the viral claim of a six-day global eclipse as lacking any scientific basis.
- A total lunar eclipse on September 7, 2025 will span about 5 hours, 27 minutes from penumbral start to finish, with 1 hour, 22 minutes of totality coinciding with lunar perigee.
- The lunar event will be fully visible across Asia, western Australia, eastern Africa, eastern Europe, central Russia and India, with partial views available in parts of the Americas.
- NASA has confirmed that the August 2, 2027 solar eclipse will deliver 6 minutes, 22 seconds of totality within a 258-kilometer-wide corridor crossing Spain, North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
- Lunar eclipses can be viewed safely with the naked eye, while solar observations require certified ISO 12312-2 glasses or special filters for cameras and telescopes to avoid retinal injury.