Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025
| Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025 | |
|---|---|
UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 10:48:36 |
| References | |
| Saros | 149 (21 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9563 |
A partial solar eclipse will occur on Saturday, March 29, 2025. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
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Related eclipses
The eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[1] It is also part of Saros cycle 149, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 71 events.
Eclipses of 2025
- A total lunar eclipse on March 14.
- A partial solar eclipse on March 29.
- A total lunar eclipse on September 7.
- A partial solar eclipse on September 21.
See also
References
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Archived from the original on September 7, 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by GSFC