A partial eclipse of the Sun occurs on Sunday 21 September, 2025 UT, lasting from 17:29–21:53 UT. This will be a deep partial eclipse, with 86% of the Sun covered for viewers closest to the center. This will provide a significant spectacle for those who will see it in New Zealand, the southern Pacific, and parts of Antarctica.

The timings of the phases of the overall eclipse worldwide are as follows. In any particular place it will be seen for a significantly shorter duration as the shadow moves across the Earth:

Partial eclipse begins: 17:29:32 UT
Maximum eclipse: 19:41:44 UT
Partial eclipse ends: 21:53:33 UT

During this eclipse the Sun will be 0.531° in apparent diameter, 0.4% smaller than average. The Moon will be just 4 days before apogee, making it very small. At maximum eclipse it will be 0.501° in apparent diameter, which is 5.6% smaller than average. This has no real effect on this eclipse, since the Moon's central shadow misses the Earth, making this a partial eclipse. The statistics page has information on the ranges of the sizes of the Sun and Moon, and the Moon data page displays detailed information on the Moon's key dates.

New Zealand will see a deep partial eclipse, with close to 70% of the Sun covered in the north, and 80% in the south, just as the Sun rises.

Overview Map

This map sourced from NASA Goddard Space flight Center: GSFC Eclipse Web SiteGSFC Eclipse Web Site
The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
shows the visibility of the partial solar eclipse. (Click on it for the full-sized version.)

Eclipse Season and Saros Series

This eclipse season contains 2 eclipses:

This is the 7th eclipse in solar Saros series 154.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, solar Saros series 154, is linked to lunar Saros series 147. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 19:41:49 on 21 Sep UT TDT Date/time (max) 19:43:04 on 21 Sep TDT
Saros Series 154 Number in Series 7
Penumbral Magnitiude Central Magnitiude 0.855
Gamma -1.0651 Path Width (km) 0
Delta T 1m15s Error ± 0m08s (95%)
Penumbral Duration Partial Duration
Total Duration
Partial Rating major Total Rating
Sun Distance 150179693 km (63.8%) Moon Distance 397098 km (80.9%)
Sun Diameter 0.531° Moon Diameter 0.501° - 0.501°
Perigee 12:10 on 10 Sep UT Apogee 09:46 on 26 Sep UT
Contact p1 17:29:32 on 21 Sep UT Contact p2
Contact u1 Contact u2
Max eclipse 19:41:44 on 21 Sep UT
Contact u3 Contact u4
Contact p3 Contact p4 21:53:33 on 21 Sep UT

Note that while all dates and times on this site (except where noted) are in UT, which is within a second of civil time, the dates and times shown in NASA's eclipse listingsGSFC Eclipse Web Site
The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
are in the TDT timescale.

The Sun and Moon distances are shown in km, and as a percentage of their minimum - maximum distances; hence 0% is the closest possible (Earth's perihelion, or the Moon's closest possible perigee) and 100% is the farthest (aphelion, the farthest apogee). The statistics page has information on the ranges of sizes of the Sun and Moon, and the Moon data page displays detailed information on the Moon's key dates.

Data last updated: 2015-09-17 04:54:30 UTC.