Chennai 🇮🇳 — total lunar eclipse · 7 Sep 2025
On 7 Sep 2025, Chennai saw totality — the blood moon — with the Moon up for the whole eclipse, with maximum at 23:41 GMT+5:30, the Moon 70° above the horizon. No eye protection is needed. This eclipse has ended — replay the live view or jump to the next eclipse (28 Aug 2026).
Local timeline
ChennaiPenumbra begins (P1)
20:58 GMT+5:30
faint shading
Partial begins (U1)
21:56 GMT+5:30
umbra touches the Moon
Totality begins (U2)
23:00 GMT+5:30
blood moon
Maximum eclipse
23:41 GMT+5:30
1h 22m of totality
Totality ends (U3)
00:23 GMT+5:30
Partial ends (U4)
01:26 GMT+5:30
Moon leaves the umbra
Penumbra ends (P4)
02:25 GMT+5:30
eclipse over
Moon altitude at max
70°
azimuth 161°
Moonrise / moonset
18:04 / 06:15
bracketing the eclipse
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Naked-eye safe
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Computed byOrbital Radar eclipse engine · Chennai (13.08, 80.27) · cross-checked against NASA eclipse data