Eclipses 2025

In 2025, there will be four eclipses: two solar eclipses and two lunar eclipses

Date	Type	Visibility
14 March-2025	Total lunar eclipse	Partially visible in Belgium
29 March 2025	Partial solar eclipse	Visible in Belgium as a partial eclipse
7 September 2025	Total lunar eclipse	Partially visible in Belgium
21 September 2025	Partial solar eclipse	Not visible in Belgium

I – 14 March 2025 – Total lunar eclipse, partially visible in Belgium

Phase	Universal Time	Longitude	Latitude	Position angle	Altitude at Uccle/Ukkel
Penumbral eclipse begins	03h55.7	057 43 W	3 25 N	132	+19
Partial eclipse begins	05h09.3	075 37 W	3 07 N	140	+8
Moonset at Uccle/Ukkel	05h59.3	087 47 W	2 55 N	154	0
Total eclipse begins	06h25.6	094 11 W	2 49 N	170	–
Maximum of the eclipse	06h58.8	102 05 W	2 41 N	209	–
Total eclipse ends	07h31.9	110 19 W	2 33 N	248	–
Partial eclipse ends	08h48.2	128 52 W	2 14 N	279	–
Penumbral eclipse ends	10h01.9	146 48 W	1 57 N	286	–

The longitude and the latitude refer to the point on Earth where the Moon is at that time at its zenith. The position angle is defined from the imaginary line that connects the center of the lunar disc to the center of the Earth’s shadow. It is measured at the center of the lunar disc, from the North, in an anti-clockwise direction. At the beginning and at the end of the penumbra and shadow phases, it is the position angle of the contact point. The altitude and times of the Moon’s rise and fall are calculated for its center, without taking refraction into account.

Magnitude of the eclipse: 1.183, the diameter of the lunar disk being taken as the unit.

The map below shows the region where the eclipse is observable. The explanation of the codes used can be found at the bottom of the page.

II – 29 March 2025 – Partial solar eclipse, visible in Belgium as a partial eclipse

Phase	Universal Time	Longitude	Latitude
Eclipse begins	08h50.7	042 39 W	13 57 N
Maximum of the eclipse	10h47.2	076 37 E	61 08 N
Eclipse ends	12h43.7	091 39 E	71 07 N

Magnitude of the eclipse: 0.938, the diameter of the solar disk being taken as the unit.

The map below shows the region where the eclipse is observable. The explanation of the codes used can be found at the bottom of the page.

Phases in Uccle/Ukkel – Brussels (Observatory)

Phase	Universal Time	Position angle relative to the pole	Position angle relative to the zenith	Altitude at Uccle/Ukkel
First contact	10h14min05s	273	291	+39
Maximum of the eclipse	11h07min11s	321	329	+42
Sun at the meridian	11h47min15s	001	001	43
Last contact	12h01min13s	010	07	+43

Magnitude of the eclipse: 0.348, the diameter of the solar disk being taken as the unit.

The position angle relative to the pole, resp. the zenith, is the angle formed by the direction of the centre of the lunar disc with the direction of the pole, resp. the zenith. Both angles are measured at the centre of the solar disc in an anti-clockwise direction. At the beginning and at the end of the eclipse, they correspond to the position angles of the contact points.

The altitude of the Sun is that of a reference point, which is located during the eclipse in the eclipsed part of the Sun, and which coincides with the times of contact with the point of contact of the Sun and Moon. Refraction is not taken into account.

Visibility in Belgium

The table below gives the phases for some representative Belgian sites.

In Brussels and Wallonia:

Location	Begin in universal time	Maximum in universal time	End in universal time	Magnitude
Brussels	10h14min07s	11h07min15s	12h01min20s	0.349
Nivelles/Nijvel	10h13min51s	11h06min51s	12h00min47s	0.345
Jodoigne/Geldenaken	10h14min56s	11h07min38s	12h01min14s	0.340
Tournai/Doornik	10h12min13s	11h05min50s	12h00min29s	0.358
Mons/Bergen	10h13min14s	11h06min13s	12h00min22s	0.348
Charleroi	10h13min55s	11h06min42s	12h00min26s	0.341
Chimay	10h13min23s	11h06min00s	11h59min36s	0.337
Philippeville	10h13min56s	11h06min29s	12h00min00s	0.336
Namur/Namen	10h14min42s	11h07min13s	12h00min39s	0.336
Dinant	10h14min39s	11h07min00s	12h00min15s	0.332
Gedinne	10h14min29s	11h06min36s	11h59min39s	0.328
Huy/Hoei	10h15min27s	11h07min45s	12h00min55s	0.332
Liège/Luik	10h16min09s	11h08min18s	12h01min17s	0.329
Werbomont	10h16min11s	11h08min03s	12h00min44s	0.324
Eupen	10h17min01s	11h08min48s	12h01min23s	0.323
Saint Vith/Sankt Vith	10h16min57s	11h08min24s	12h00min39s	0.316
Marche-en-Famenne	10h15min26s	11h07min26s	12h00min19s	0.326
Bastogne/Bastenaken	10h15min59s	11h07min32s	11h59min55s	0.317
Libramont	10h15min16s	11h07min00s	11h59min38s	0.321
Bouillon	10h14min35s	11h06min29s	11h59min16s	0.323
Virton	10h15min19s	11h06min40s	11h58min53s	0.313
Arlon/Aarlen	10h15min56s	11h07min09s	11h59min13s	0.311

In Flanders:

Location	Begin in universal time	Maximum in universal time	End in universal time	Magnitude
Veurne	10h11min24s	11h05min44s	12h01min10s	0.374
Ostende/Oostende	10h11min57s	11h06min13s	12h01min34s	0.373
Bruges/Brugge	10h12min29s	11h06min33s	12h01min40s	0.369
Poperinge	10h11min18s	11h05min29s	12h00min45s	0.371
Courtrai/Kortrijk	10h12min12s	11h06min02s	12h00min54s	0.363
Gand/Gent	10h13min12s	11h06min52s	12h01min32s	0.360
Audenarde/Oudenaarde	10h12min48s	11h06min25s	12h01min03s	0.359
Grammont/Geraardsbergen	10h13min14s	11h06min38s	12h01min01s	0.354
Alost/Aalst	10h13min38s	11h07min02s	12h01min25s	0.354
Saint-Nicolas/Sint-Niklaas	10h10min00s	11h07min29s	12h01min55s	0.356
Malines/Mechelen	10h14min29s	11h07min39s	12h01min45s	0.350
Anvers/Antwerpen	10h14min31s	11h07min51s	12h02min07s	0.354
Essen	10h14min49s	11h08min16s	12h02min39s	0.356
Turnhout	10h15min33s	11h08min36s	12h02min31s	0.348
Geel	10h15min30s	11h08min25s	12h02min12s	0.345
Neerpelt	10h16min21s	11h09min00s	12h02min29s	0.340
Hasselt	10h15min57s	11h08min28s	12h01min50s	0.337
Tongres/Tongeren	10h16min04s	11h08min23s	12h01min33s	0.333
Maaseik	10h16min54s	11h09min12s	12h02min19s	0.333
Louvain/Leuven	10h14min46s	11h07min41s	12h01min31s	0.344
Diest	10h15min28s	11h08min13s	12h01min51s	0.341

 

III – 7 September 2025 – Total lunar eclipse, partially visible in Belgium

Phase	Universal Time	Longitude	Latitude	Position angle	Altitude at Uccle/Ukkel
Penumbral eclipse begins	15h26.9	126 32 E	06 46 S	51	–
Partial lunar eclipse begins	16h26.8	112 03 E	06 29 S	46	–
Total lunar eclipse begins	17h30.4	096 40 E	06 12 S	26	–
Maximum of the eclipse	18h11.8	086 38 E	06 00 S	332	–
Moonrise at Uccle/Ukkel	18h17.0	085 24 E	05 59 S	322	0
Total lunar eclipse ends	18h53.2	076 37 E	05 49 S	277	+6
Partial lunar eclipse ends	19h56.9	061 14 E	05 31 S	257	+15
Penumbral eclipse ends	20h56.6	046 47 E	05 14 S	252	+22

Explanations:

The codes used on the maps to indicate the moon eclipse visibility are: entry into the darkness is visible in regions 1 to 6, entry into the darkness in regions 2 to 7, the beginning of the totality in regions 3 to 8. The exits of the totality, the shadow and the penumbra are respectively observable in regions 4 to 9, 5 to 10, and 6 to 11. In region 6, the entire eclipse can be observed, in regions 5 to 7 the umbral phases are observable; in regions 4 to 8 the totality is fully visible. On solar eclipse visibility maps, the following codes are used: “P”: Partial eclipse of the Sun, visible. “p”: Partial eclipse of the Sun, partly visible. “R”: Annular eclipse, whose annular phase is fully observable. “r”: Annular eclipse, whose annular phase is partially observable. “T”: Total eclipse, whose totality phase is fully observable. “t”: Total eclipse, whose totality phase is partially observable. The basic data used to write the eclipse chapter were borrowed from the DE405 digital integration, kindly provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. To move from Terrestrial Time (TT) to Universal Time (UT), the following provisional relationship was used:

UT = TT – 69.0 s

The longitude and the latitude refer to the point on Earth where the Moon is at that time at its zenith. The position angle is defined from the imaginary line that connects the center of the lunar disc to the center of the Earth’s shadow. It is measured at the center of the lunar disc, from the North, in an anti-clockwise direction. At the beginning and at the end of the penumbra and shadow phases, it is the position angle of the contact point. The altitude and times of the Moon’s rise and fall are calculated for its center, without taking refraction into account.

Magnitude of the eclipse: 1.367, the diameter of the lunar disk being taken as the unit.

The map below shows the region where the eclipse is observable. The explanation of the codes used can be found at the bottom of the page.

IV – 21 September 2025 – Partial solar eclipse, not visible in Belgium

Phase	Universal Time	Longitude	Latitude
Eclipse begins	17h29.7	174 22 W	13 57 N
Maximum of the eclipse	19h41.6	153 53 E	60 53 N
Eclipse ends	21h53.7	060 24 W	72 14 N

Magnitude of the eclipse: 0.855, the diameter of the solar disk being taken as the unit.

The map below shows the region where the eclipse is observable. The explanation of the codes used can be found at the bottom of the page.

Explanations:

The codes used on the maps to indicate the moon eclipse visibility are: entry into the darkness is visible in regions 1 to 6, entry into the darkness in regions 2 to 7, the beginning of the totality in regions 3 to 8. The exits of the totality, the shadow and the penumbra are respectively observable in regions 4 to 9, 5 to 10, and 6 to 11. In region 6, the entire eclipse can be observed, in regions 5 to 7 the umbral phases are observable; in regions 4 to 8 the totality is fully visible. On solar eclipse visibility maps, the following codes are used: “P”: Partial eclipse of the Sun, visible. “p”: Partial eclipse of the Sun, partly visible. “R”: Annular eclipse, whose annular phase is fully observable. “r”: Annular eclipse, whose annular phase is partially observable. “T”: Total eclipse, whose totality phase is fully observable. “t”: Total eclipse, whose totality phase is partially observable. The basic data used to write the eclipse chapter were borrowed from the DE405 digital integration, kindly provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. To move from Terrestrial Time (TT) to Universal Time (UT), the following provisional relationship was used:

UT = TT – 69.0 s