On March 29, the inhabitants of the Earth will be able to see the first solar eclipse in 2025. It will be “almost total”: the Moon will cover 94% of the disk of our star.
The solar eclipse will begin at 9:48 am UTC in the Atlantic Ocean. Next, the lunar penumbra will move in a northwesterly direction. Coverage of part of the solar disk by the Moon will be observed in the northeastern United States, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Europe and North Africa.
The maximum phase of the eclipse will be reached at 11:48 UTC at a point located in the west of the Labrador Peninsula. There, the solar disk will be covered by 93.6%. If we talk about Europe, the phase percentage will decrease as we move to the southeast. For example, if in Reykjavik the Sun will be covered by 73%, in Paris by 34%, and in Warsaw by only 15%. The eclipse will end at 13:44 UTC.
As for Ukraine, the eclipse can be observed in the north-western part of our country. However, we are talking about a very small coverage of the solar disk. Thus, in Lutsk it will be covered by 7%, in Ternopil — 4%, and in the center of Kyiv — by 0.2%.
Fortunately, those who want to see the celestial spectacle in all its glory have an alternative. The live broadcast of the eclipse will be available on Youtube channel Timeanddate. It will start at 10:30 UTC.
The other broadcast will be from one of the telescopes of the Greenwich Observatory, where the Sun will be 40% covered. It will start at 11:00 UTC.
More details about the visibility conditions of the upcoming eclipse in different countries and Ukraine can be found in our article.
