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Johannesburg 🇿🇦 — total lunar eclipse · 7 Sep 2025

On 7 Sep 2025, Johannesburg saw totality — the blood moon — with the Moon up for the whole eclipse, with maximum at 20:11 GMT+2, the Moon 30° 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

Johannesburg
Penumbra begins (P1)
17:28 GMT+2
faint shading
Partial begins (U1)
18:26 GMT+2
umbra touches the Moon
Totality begins (U2)
19:30 GMT+2
blood moon
Maximum eclipse
20:11 GMT+2
1h 22m of totality
Totality ends (U3)
20:53 GMT+2
Partial ends (U4)
21:56 GMT+2
Moon leaves the umbra
Penumbra ends (P4)
22:55 GMT+2
eclipse over
Moon altitude at max
30°
azimuth 81°
Moonrise / moonset
17:49 / 06:31
bracketing the eclipse
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Computed byOrbital Radar eclipse engine · Johannesburg (-26.20, 28.05) · cross-checked against NASA eclipse data