Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025

Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025
classification
Type	Partially
area	Arctic , Northern Atlantic , Northwestern Europe , North America
Saros cycle	149 (21 of 71)
Gamma value	+1.0405
Greatest eclipse
place	Arctic
location	61 ° 6 ′  N , 71 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 61 ° 6 ′  N , 71 ° 6 ′  W
time	March 29, 2025 10:48:36   UT
size	0.9376

The solar eclipse of March 29, 2025 is a partial eclipse , so the earth is only hit by the moon's penumbra. The eclipse begins close to the USA, the penumbra then moves northeastward, whereby an eclipsed sun will be seen in the entire northwestern half of Europe. Northwest Africa is just about reached by the penumbra of the moon, in the north the day-night border of the ending polar night limits the visibility area. The penumbra moves in the course of the darkness to the north-western part of Asia. The maximum coverage is reached in the north of Labrador, where 93% of the sun will be covered by the moon.

Visibility in German-speaking countries

After the solar eclipse of October 25, 2022 , 42 months ago , another solar eclipse can be observed in German-speaking countries. However, the coverage is only modest. The largest eclipse is achieved on Sylt with a maximum of 25% coverage.

The next following solar eclipse visible in German-speaking countries is the solar eclipse of August 12, 2026 .