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24 hours from now it will be well under way!

March 13, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Evansville, IN, USA

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Indiana

Global Event:	Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type:	Total Lunar Eclipse in Evansville, Indiana
Begins:	Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 10:57 pm
Maximum:	Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 1:58 am 1.178 Magnitude
Ends:	Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 5:00 am
Duration:	6 hours, 3 minutes
All times shown on this page are local time.

March 13–14, 2025 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Evansville

The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like in Evansville. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times are local time (CDT) for Evansville.

Time	Phase	Event	Direction	Altitude
10:57 pm Thu, Mar 13

Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.

134°

45.6°
12:09 am Fri, Mar 14

Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.

159°

53.0°
1:26 am Fri, Mar 14

Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.

191°

53.8°
1:58 am Fri, Mar 14

Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.

204°

51.7°
2:31 am Fri, Mar 14

Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.

215°

48.4°
3:47 am Fri, Mar 14

Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.

236°

37.4°
5:00 am Fri, Mar 14

Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.

251°

24.6°

How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

This total lunar eclipse is fully visible in Evansville. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red. Check the weather for Evansville.