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Total Lunar Eclipse on Sunday Will Tint the Moon Red Across Europe, Africa and Asia

France sees a 20:11 local maximum with moonrise already deep in Earth’s shadow.

Une éclipse de lune totale, connue sous le nom de lune de sang, visible entre les gratte-ciel du centre de Chicago, en mars 2025.
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Lune de sang: comment et à quelle heure observer ce phénomène en France ?

Overview

  • The event is confirmed for Sunday, 7 September, with the Institut de mécanique céleste et de calcul des éphémérides listing the French maximum at 20:11 local time.
  • In metropolitan France the Moon rises at 19:54 in Nice, 20:03 in Metz, 20:19 in Paris and 20:46 in Brest, so eastern cities see it fully eclipsed at rise while the west catches the exit from shadow.
  • The Moon begins leaving Earth’s umbra around 20:52 in France and the partial phase ends near 21:56, subject to a clear, low horizon.
  • Visibility varies in French territories, with Réunion seeing the full sequence, New Caledonia catching it in the second half of the night and Tahiti only glimpsing the very beginning.
  • Astronomers will read the eclipse’s red tint to gauge atmospheric clarity, the spectacle is safe to view without eye protection, and it is the second total lunar eclipse of 2025 and the last fully visible from metropolitan France until December 2028.