If you saw the total lunar eclipse back in March 2025<\/a>, you’ll remember that totality \u2013 when the entire disc of the Moon is covered in Earth’s shadow \u2013\u00a0occurred just a few minutes before the Moon set.<\/p>\n We in the UK got to see the initial partial phase of the lunar eclipse<\/a>, a hint of totality\u2026 and then the Moon was gone.<\/p>\n Well, the good news is that on 7 September 2025 there\u2019s another total lunar eclipse and it\u2019s something of a mirror of the March event.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Why lunar eclipses happen<\/p>\n A lunar eclipse \u2013 sometimes known as a blood Moon \u2013 takes place when the Sun, Earth and the Moon align in a straight line, with sunlight casting a reddish-brown hue on the Moon, hence the nickname ‘Blood Moon’.<\/p>\n The dimming and change in colour of the Moon happen because Earth blocks direct sunlight from reaching the Moon.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Only light that has been refracted, or bent, through Earth\u2019s atmosphere manages to illuminate the Moon.<\/p>\n This atmospheric bending of sunlight is what gives the Moon its red appearance during the eclipse, leading to the term ‘Blood Moon’.<\/p>\n Whereas in March 2025, totality was reached just as the Moon set, from the UK, the blood Moon total lunar eclipse on 7 September 2025 will see the Moon rise already in totality.<\/p>\n It appears on the eastern horizon at about 19:45 BST (18:45 UT), around the time the Sun is setting.<\/p>\n This causes all sorts of viewing issues, because a totally eclipsed Moon is darker than a normal, uneclipsed Moon.<\/p>\n How dark is unknown at this point, but it\u2019s likely to be dark enough to make it tricky to see, low down in the evening twilight through a murky layer of atmosphere.<\/p>\n Totality ends just as the Moon clears the horizon, so the experience for this eclipse, clouds willing, will be similar to what you saw in March, but in reverse.<\/p>\n Earth\u2019s dark umbral shadow clears the Moon\u2019s disc shortly after moonrise, and the first impression that\u2019s likely to be evident will be an oddly shaped Moon, almost as if someone has taken a slice of regular Moon and placed it in the sky.\u00a0<\/p>\n If totality is very dark, this can fool you at first.<\/p>\n You might spot the part of the Moon that\u2019s coming out of totality, but \u2013 being both small and an unfamiliar shape \u2013 you might dismiss it.<\/p>\n It\u2019s quite possible that it\u2019ll only be obvious as a part of the Moon when it rises higher in the sky, so be prepared for this, as failing to identify the Moon early could lead to missing an important part of the eclipse.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/march-14-2025-lunar-eclipse-05.jpg\")
The total lunar eclipse of March 14, 2025 over Caracas, Venezuela. Photo by JUAN BARRETO\/AFP via Getty Images
\nHow the blood Moon will appear from the UK<\/p>\n![\"7](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lunar-eclipse-september-2025-20-00.jpg\")
Credit: Pete Lawrence<\/p>\n![\"7](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lunar-eclipse-september-2025-20-15.jpg\")
Credit: Pete Lawrence<\/p>\n![\"7](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lunar-eclipse-september-2025-20-30.jpg\")
Credit: Pete Lawrence<\/p>\n![\"7](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lunar-eclipse-september-2025-20-45.jpg\")
Credit: Pete Lawrence
\nSee the Belt of Venus<\/p>\n