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Many people in Austria are likely to be looking up at the sky this coming Sunday, as there will be a total lunar eclipse. However, to actually see it, the sky must be clear.
A total lunar eclipse can be observed in Austria on Sunday (September 7), weather permitting. The moon will rise at 7:21 p.m. (Vienna time) before the totality begins. While the first lunar eclipse of the year on March 14 was relatively modest, with the moon setting when only nine percent of it was eclipsed, the upcoming eclipse is one of the highlights of the 2025 astronomical year. The total eclipse will be visible in its entirety.
A lunar eclipse only occurs under certain conditions
Lunar eclipses only happen during a full moon. The sun, Earth, and moon are aligned, and the Earth’s satellite passes through the Earth’s umbra or penumbra. The moon can be completely (total lunar eclipse) or only partially (partial lunar eclipse) immersed in this shadow.
Total eclipse from 7:30 p.m.
On September 7, the Earth’s satellite will already be 86 percent immersed in the Earth’s umbra at moonrise at 7:21 p.m. (Vienna), and in Bregenz, the moon will rise completely eclipsed at 7:46 p.m. The only downside is that “the totality begins at dusk, and the eclipsed moon is difficult to see in the bright twilight,” as Alexander Pikhard, head of the Vienna Working Group for Astronomy (WAA), explained to the APA. The total eclipse will begin at 7:30 p.m. and last until 8:53 p.m., with the maximum at 8:12 p.m. At 9:57 p.m., the cosmic shadow play will end as the moon emerges from the Earth’s umbra.
Rare phenomenon
The next lunar eclipse visible from Austria will be on August 28, 2026, but it will be partial and only partially visible. The next total lunar eclipse that will be visible in its entirety from Vienna will not take place until December 31, 2028.
- source: krone.at/picture: Bild von Michael Varouhas auf Pixabay
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