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Christchurch 🇳🇿 — total lunar eclipse · 7 Sep 2025

On 7 Sep 2025, Christchurch saw totality — the blood moon — until the Moon sets at 06:50 GMT+12, with maximum at 06:11 GMT+12, the Moon 6° 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

Christchurch
Penumbra begins (P1)
03:28 GMT+12
faint shading
Partial begins (U1)
04:26 GMT+12
umbra touches the Moon
Totality begins (U2)
05:30 GMT+12
blood moon
Maximum eclipse
06:11 GMT+12
1h 22m of totality
Totality ends (U3)
06:53 GMT+12
Partial ends (U4)
07:56 GMT+12
Moon leaves the umbra
Penumbra ends (P4)
08:55 GMT+12
eclipse over
Moon altitude at max
6°
azimuth 268°
Moonrise / moonset
17:27 / 06:50
bracketing the eclipse
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Naked-eye safe

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Computed byOrbital Radar eclipse engine · Christchurch (-43.53, 172.64) · cross-checked against NASA eclipse data