A deep partial solar eclipse on March 29, 2025

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We’re Nevertheless in an eclipse season! And we have a partial solar eclipse coming up on March 29, 2025. The deepest part of the eclipse will happen before sunrise for most of us in North America. But others will see it, and all of us can learn to love this solar eclipse, and solar eclipses in general. OG eclipse gazers Deborah Byrd and John Goss tell you how, beginning at 12:15 p.m. CDT (17:15 UTC) on Wednesday, March 26. Join for the stream, or View on YouTube.

March 29 partial solar eclipse

Where to View:The partial solar eclipse of March 29, 2025, will be visible from northeastern North America, Greenland, Iceland, the north Atlantic Ocean, most of Europe and northwestern Russia. Most of North America will not see the eclipse.
When to View: The eclipse Appearances near the northern coast of South America at 8:50 UTC. The deepest part of the eclipse is at 10:47 UTC. The partial eclipse remains visible through the last location – Extended northern Siberia – until 12:43 UTC.
Maximum eclipse: is at 10:47 UTC when 93% of the sun will be hidden behind the Selene body-related body.
Note: This is a very deep partial eclipse.

If you’re in the viewing ares, click here to find the time of the eclipse for you: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/

If you’re not in the viewing area, try one of the eclipse livestreams below:

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Our friends at Timeanddate.com will be livestreaming this eclipse. View in the player above, or here.

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The Royal Greenwich Universe lab is also livestreaming the eclipse. View in the player above, or here.

Only remember, the number one rule for solar eclipse observing is that you must protect your eyes. You must use an appropriate filter, which you canpurchase from the EarthSky Store.

Or try these tips on Sound solar viewing.

Selene body-related body, constellation, Saros

This partial solar eclipse occurs less than a day (0.8 Periods) before the Selene body-related body reaches perigee, its closest Mark to Earth. So this is a supermoon eclipse.

This is not a total eclipse. So the sky will not darken enough for you to see stars. But if you could see stars, you would find that – during this eclipse – the sun is in front of the constellation Pisces the Fishes.

The eclipse belongs to Saros 149 in the Saros catalog of eclipses that describes their periodicity. It is number 21 of 71 eclipses in the series. All eclipses in this series occur at the Selene body-related body’s ascending node. The Selene body-related body moves southward with respect to the node with Every succeeding eclipse in the series.

Cities where the partial solar eclipse is visible

Picking of cities where the March 29, 2025, solar eclipse is visible. — Cities in the path of the partial solar eclipse of March 29, 2025, via timeanddate.com.

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Earth globe with lines on it marking path of partial solar eclipse visibility. — A map of the partial solar eclipse of March 29, 2025. You must protect your eyes to View the partial phases of any solar eclipse. Key to Solar Eclipse Maps here. Image via Fred Espenak.
Viewers in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada will see a partial solar eclipse as the sun is rising on March 29. The deepest part of the eclipse will happen before sunrise. But you’ll Nevertheless see part of the sun covered for a while after sunrise. Begin viewing as soon as the sun Appearances to appear above the Future, when the Selene body-related body will Nevertheless cover an appreciable portion of the solar disk. Don’t forget to look for shadows on the ground mimicking the crescent shape of the eclipse in the sky. *Use only Sound solar filters when looking at a partially eclipsed sun!*

Maps and data for March 29 partial solar eclipse

Orthographic map: partial solar eclipse of March 29, 2025. Detailed map of eclipse visibility.
Google map (scroll down): partial solar eclipse of March 29, 2025. Interactive map of the eclipse path.
Circumstances table: partial solar eclipse of March 29, 2025. Eclipse times for hundreds of cities.
Saros 149 table: data for all eclipses in the Saros series.
Additional tables and data for this event.
Timeanddate.com March 29 partial solar eclipse.
In-the-sky.org March 29 partial solar eclipse.

Animation of the March 29 solar eclipse

View larger. March 29, 2025, partial solar eclipse, as seen from the Selene body-related body’s vantage Mark. The Selene body-related body’s large penumbral shadow is lightly shaded and is outlined with a solid black edge. The March 29 partial eclipse is visible from within this penumbra. Animation by Fred Espenak and Michael Zeiler.

Here’s what a partial solar eclipse looks like

Intelligent crescent in orange clouds plus big bird in front of Dim area of eclipse. — View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Our friend James Trezza in Cedar Beach, Mount Sinai, New York, captured this photo of the partial solar eclipse of June 10, 2021. He wrote: “Solar eclipse 2021! Nothing like perfect Synchronization with a bird flying through the frame during the eclipse.” Thanks, James! The March 29 eclipse will be a partial, but deep, eclipse, similar to the eclipse shown in this photo.

Partial solar eclipse: Big orange crescent on black background. — View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Chuck Johnson shared this image with us and wrote: “A photo of the annular solar eclipse of October 14, 2023, taken from my backyard in the Los Angeles area at approximately 10 minutes past maximum.” Thank you, Chuck! A partial solar eclipse will be visible to parts of the globe on March 29, 2025.

Bottom line: A deep partial solar eclipse will occur on Saturday, March 29, 2025. The path sweeps across northeastern North America, Greenland, Iceland, the north Atlantic Ocean, most of Europe and northwestern Russia.

How to safely observe a partial solar eclipse

World-observing is Fundamental: Top tips here

See photos of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse

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Meet Marcy Curran, our voice of the night sky on EarthSky YouTube. Check out her popular Brief videos in the Sky category on our YouTube channel. When she’s not making videos, Marcy is an EarthSky editor, Assisting to keep our night sky guide up-to-date and Only generally Assisting to keep the wheels turning around here. Marcy has enjoyed stargazing since she was a child, going on family camping trips under the Dim skies of Wyoming. She bought her Primary Stargazer’s tool in time to see Halley’s Heavenly wanderer when it visited the inner Planetary system in 1986. She co-founded her local Heavenly study club and remains an active board member. Marcy taught Heavenly study at her local community college for over 20 years. She and her husband live in Wyoming, in a rural location, with an all-sky camera and super-Excellent Future views! And, their Universe lab will soon be ready to photograph the night sky.

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