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.
Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025 | |
---|---|
Map | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.0405 |
Magnitude | 0.9376 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 61°06′N 77°06′W / 61.1°N 77.1°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 10:48:36 |
References | |
Saros | 149 (21 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9563 |
Animated path
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.