The best places and times to see the Sept. 21/22, 2025, partial solar eclipse from New Zealand, Antarctica and the South Pacific.
An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky.A partial solar eclipse is seen in San Salvador. On Sept. 21/22, 2025, skywatchers in the Southern Hemisphere will witness the year's second and final solar eclipse just one day before the equinox.
Though only a partial solar eclipse, it promises some truly spectacular views, especially across New Zealand, Antarctica, and the South Pacific islands, because it occurs just after sunrise — as did the previousUnlike a total solar eclipse, where the moon blocks the entire sun, a partial solar eclipse creates the striking image of a crescent sun in the sky — in this case, at sunrise just one day before the September equinox.The September 2025 solar eclipse may not plunge anyone into darkness, but it is unusually deep for a partial eclipse. Observers in New Zealand’s South Island will experience an eclipse up to 86% — unusually deep for a partial eclipse, though the moon’s central umbral shadow still misses Earth entirely. The attraction is that it takes place around sunrise, so the strange sight of the sun in deep eclipse appearing on the horizon is a possibility — if the eastern horizon is clear of clouds and haze.The eclipse occurs less than a day before the September equinox. The equinox itself happens at 18:19 UTC on Sept. 22 — which translates to 2:19 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 22 and 6:19 a.m. NZST on Tuesday, Sept. 23.The eclipse will unfold between 17:29 and 21:53 UTC and will be broadcast live byfrom Dunedin in New Zealand, where an eclipsed sun will rise at 6:27 a.m. NZST on Sept. 22. It's a taster of something even more incredible for Dunedin, which on July 22, 2028, will experience 2 minutes 51 seconds of totality during a total solar eclipse.The September 2025 partial solar eclipse will not be visible from Europe or North America. The event is confined to the Southern Hemisphere — particularly Antarctica, New Zealand and the South Pacific islands — with Northern Hemisphere eclipse chasers needing to wait until a total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026.Best Places To See The September 2025 Solar Eclipse This is a remote eclipse. Arguably, the best views will be had from far south New Zealand, where it will coincide with sunrise, creating views of a crescent sun rising above the Pacific Ocean. Here are 10 destinations that will witness a partial solar eclipse, with local times of maximum eclipse ): McMurdo Station, Antarctica: partial eclipse begins at 7:11 a.m. NZST on Sept. 22 and peaks at 69% eclipse at 8:16 a.m. NZST. Zucchelli Station, Antarctica: partial eclipse begins at 7:07 a.m. NZST on Sept. 22 and peaks at 72% eclipse at 8:12 a.m. NZST. Young Island, Balleny Islands : a partially eclipsed sunrise at 6:58 a.m. NZST on Sept. 22, peaking at 78% eclipse at 7:53 a.m. NZST. Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand: a partially eclipsed sunrise at 6:37 a.m. NZST on Sept. 22, peaking at 73% eclipse at 7:14 a.m. NZST., South Island, New Zealand: a partially eclipsed sunrise at 6:27 a.m. NZST on Sept. 22, peaking at 70% eclipse at 7:08 a.m. NZST. Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand: a partially eclipsed sunrise at 6:19 a.m. NZST on Sept. 22, peaking at 69% eclipse at 7:08 a.m. NZST. Auckland, New Zealand: a partially eclipsed sunrise at 6:10 a.m. NZST on Sept. 22, peaking at 61% eclipse at 6:55 a.m. NZST. Suva, Fiji: a partially eclipsed sunrise at 5:56 a.m. FJT on Sept. 22, peaking at 27% eclipse at 6:22 a.m. FJT. Nuku'alofa, Tonga: a partially eclipsed sunrise at 6:30 a.m. TOT on Sept. 22, peaking at 32% eclipse at 7:28 a.m. TOT. Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia: a partially eclipsed sunrise at 8:35 a.m. TAHT on Sept. 21, peaking at 8% eclipse at 9:24 a.m. TAHT. U.S. Naval Observatory Never look directly at the sun without certified solar eclipse glasses or a solar filter on your telescope or camera. The sun's rays can cause permanent eye damage at all stages of a partial solar eclipse.
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