Solar eclipse 2025: Sky watchers welcomed September with several celestial events this year. With a lunar eclipse on September 7 and 8, a solar eclipse is expected to delight the celestial lovers later this month. Coinciding with the concluding day of Pitru Paksha, this equinox solar eclipse will start with penumbral contact.
Marking the last solar eclipse of this year, this Surya Grahan is one of the most prominent spectacles in the sky. From Blood Moon to Solar Eclipse, September has a lot in store for the star spotters.
Solar eclipse 2025: Will it be visible in India?
The last solar eclipse of 2025 will be visible on September 21, reaching its peak at 1:13 AM. As per predictions, it will be a rather short-lived solar event, one of the most important days in astrology, for those who believe in it.
Several regions in the Southern Hemisphere will be able to view it, including Eastern Australia, parts of the South Pacific, and New Zealand. However, Indian sky watchers will be disappointed as it will not be visible in India, since the country lies entirely in the Northern Hemisphere. Similarly, for Europe and other countries above the equator, this phenomenon’s view will be exclusively reserved for those in the South.
Surya Grahan: September eclipse explained
A solar eclipse occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth align to block the Sun from the Earth. Creating a crescent shape in the sky, an equinox eclipse will occur since September marks the Sun’s overhead presence above Earth’s equator. This partial solar eclipse occurs just before the September equinox, something with extremely high significance in solar-dominant religions.
September also saw a blood moon lunar eclipse or Chandra Grahan in its first week, which started at 8:42 PM on September 7 and ended just after 1 AM on September 8. A blood moon is caused by Rayleigh scattering, which is the result of sunlight traveling through Earth’s atmosphere. Shorter wavelengths, such as blue and violet, scatter in all directions. However, longer wavelengths, such as red and orange, pass through more directly. This filtered light is what illuminates the Moon during the total eclipse, making it appear red, orange, or even copper-coloured.
