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Southern Skies to See Sept. 21 Partial Solar Eclipse

Most viewers will need to watch scheduled livestreams from specialist sites such as Time and Date.

Overview

  • The event lasts about 264 minutes, starting near 17:29 UTC, peaking around 19:41 UTC over the Antarctic Ocean with a magnitude near 0.86, and ending close to 21:53 UTC.
  • Best visibility is in New Zealand, eastern Australia, Pacific islands and parts of Antarctica, with no direct view for most of the Northern Hemisphere.
  • In Mexico the eclipse will not be visible, and Time and Date plans a YouTube broadcast beginning at 10:00 a.m. Central Mexico Time.
  • This is the fourth and final solar eclipse of 2025 and it occurs a day before the September equinox.
  • Attention is shifting to major upcoming totals: Spain’s Aug. 12, 2026 eclipse mapped by IGN and NASA’s Aug. 2, 2027 event expected to deliver about 6 minutes and 22 seconds of totality across parts of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.