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What will happen during the total lunar eclipse of March 2025?

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A total lunar eclipse of March 13 will be visible from coast to coast on March 14 .

The duration of totality will be longer than normal, lasting 1 hour and 6 minutes .

For those across the Atlantic , the eclipse will take place low in the western sky as the moon approaches its setting at dawn on Friday .

The partial phases of the eclipse begin; the pace quickens and the change is dramatic.

As the minutes pass, the dark shadow appears to creep slowly across the moon's face.

It is almost as if a dimmer switch is slowly being turned down the surrounding landscape and deep shadows of a brilliant moonlit night begin to fade.

The last faint shading vanishes off the moon's right portion, the visual show comes to an end.

The eclipse "officially" ends as the moon is completely free of the penumbral shadow.

If you snap a photo of the eclipse, send your photo(s) to Space.com 's readers.

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