Lunar eclipse viewing from Hengistbury Head
Sunday 7th September 2025 from 19:00pm to 21:00pm
Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre
Hengistbury Head Nature Reserve, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH6 4EN, South West
Join Sky High Astronomy for a lunar eclipse, where the Full Moon enters Earth’s shadow, and appears to change colour, often going a deep brown-red. Unlike eclipses of the Sun, lunar eclipses can be viewed safely with the naked-eye, and we will be doing just that from the top of Hengistbury Head.
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Event darkness
The below chart shows if and when the skies will be at their darkest during this event. Moonlight is shown in light yellow and the Sun's twilight in light blue. Midnight on the date shown is shown as a white line with sunset to the left and sunrise the next morning to the right. A black background with stars shows the best times for stargazing.
Sun 7th Sep
Local light pollution
Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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