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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 start of totality. While the first lunar eclipse of the year on March 14 was rather modest, with the moon setting while only nine percent eclipsed, the upcoming eclipse is one of the highlights of the 2025 astronomical year. The total eclipse will be visible in its entirety.
Lunar eclipses only occur during a full moon. The sun, earth, and moon are aligned, and the earth’s satellite travels through the core or penumbra of the earth. 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 occurring 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.
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: APA/picture: pixabay.com
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