A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Sunday, September 21, 2025, with a magnitude of 0.855. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
Partiality was visible across much of Oceania and Antarctica, with up to 80% coverage being visible at the southernmost point of New Zealand and on Stewart Island on the morning of September 22 local time. Most of New Zealand was covered in cloud on the morning of the eclipse, preventing many sightings.
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Eclipse timing Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of September 21, 2025(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Funafuti 05:52:59 (sunrise) 06:09:44 06:49:03 0:56 9.04% Fakaofo 06:31:42 07:10:52 07:52:58 1:21 8.95% Mata Utu 05:34:32 (sunrise) 06:15:58 07:06:09 1:32 17.08% Apia 06:29:54 07:17:20 08:09:04 1:39 16.87% Pago Pago 06:30:03 07:18:14 08:10:52 1:41 17.29% Lautoka 06:00:05 (sunrise) 06:22:08 07:17:16 1:17 26.47% Nadi 06:00:15 (sunrise) 06:22:25 07:17:49 1:18 26.87% Suva 05:56:13 (sunrise) 06:22:55 07:19:04 1:23 27.41% Neiafu 06:31:03 07:24:34 08:23:32 1:52 26.58% Alofi 06:31:46 07:26:22 08:26:36 1:55 25.63% Pangai 06:31:43 07:26:25 08:26:49 1:59 28.89% Nuku'alofa 06:32:37 07:28:29 08:30:14 1:59 31.66% Vaitape 07:45:31 08:31:29 09:21:00 1:35 8.96% Papeete 07:49:23 08:35:16 09:24:33 1:35 8.37% Rarotonga 07:38:08 08:35:20 09:38:19 2:00 22.69% Port Vila 05:36:38 (sunrise) 05:38:54 06:15:28 0:39 22.28% Kingston 05:38:06 (sunrise) 05:40:45 06:43:08 1:05 49.07% Luganville 05:41:10 (sunrise) 05:43:22 06:09:24 0:28 14.09% Nouméa 05:44:09 (sunrise) 05:46:28 06:26:33 0:42 29.77% Auckland 06:10:52 (sunrise) 06:55:14 08:04:41 1:54 60.79% Wellington 06:10:44 (sunrise) 07:04:04 08:15:03 2:04 66.25% Christchurch 06:19:15 (sunrise) 07:08:07 08:18:50 2:00 69.15% Chatham Islands 06:49:50 07:57:56 09:12:40 2:23 65.33% Lord Howe Island 05:43:33 (sunrise) 05:46:03 06:16:36 0:33 27.82% Macquarie Island 05:13:31 (sunrise) 05:28:45 06:36:25 1:23 78.46% Sydney 05:45:01 (sunrise) 05:47:35 05:50:53 0:06 1.18% Canberra 05:53:19 (sunrise) 05:53:19 05:53:51 0:01 0.08% Hobart 06:00:22 (sunrise) 06:03:16 06:09:32 0:09 3.20% Zucchelli Station 07:05:10 08:10:25 09:17:46 2:13 72.55% McMurdo Station 07:11:44 08:16:46 09:23:25 2:12 69.26%References:
Eclipse details Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+September 21, 2025 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2025 September 21 at 17:30:51.3 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2025 September 21 at 19:43:04.2 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2025 September 21 at 19:55:17.4 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2025 September 21 at 20:51:38.8 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2025 September 21 at 21:54:55.1 UTC
+September 21, 2025 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.85504 Eclipse Obscuration 0.79691 Gamma −1.06509 Sun Right Ascension 11h56m36.9s Sun Declination +00°22'00.7" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'55.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 11h54m42.8s Moon Declination -00°29'14.7" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'02.8" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'13.2" ΔT 72.1 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
+ Eclipse season of September 2025 September 7Ascending node (full moon) September 21Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 128 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 154
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2025 A total lunar eclipse on March 14. A partial solar eclipse on March 29. A total lunar eclipse on September 7. A partial solar eclipse on September 21.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 2021 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 2029
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 11, 2018 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 2032
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 16, 2016 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 28, 2034
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2036
Solar Saros 154 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 11, 2007 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 3, 2043
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1996 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 2054
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 23, 2112
Solar eclipses of 2022–2025
Saros 154
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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Images of the eclipse