If you are in Europe, glance up at the Sun with CARE!
A bite is being taken out of its lower edge by the invisible Moon.
The second eclipse of 2025 follows two weeks after the first. as the Moon swings around half its orbit to the other side of Earth and again crosses the “line of nodes” while close enough to the ecliptic plane.
These explanatory illustrations are from the eclipse pages of Astronomical Calendar 2025.
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Having missed the lunar eclipse earlier this month thanks to clouds – moonset was at about the start of totality then for me in NE England – I was pleased to catch much of the first half of this morning’s partial solar event, albeit through swift-moving clouds. I missed first contact because of the clouds then, but caught much of the rest through to maximum eclipse, not quite 50% for me. Unfortunately, thicker clouds came up very soon after that, and my last glimpse of the eclipsed Sun was with the unaided eye through clouds too thick to let the image be projected by my small solar refractor any longer, about ten minutes after maximum. With the telescope, the Moon was indeed over the lower part of the Sun, but the unaided view showed the Moon over the upper part of the solar disc (inverted through the ‘scope, of course!). Pleased to have seen what I could of it, regardless!
Thanks! Caught in Amsterdam.
Caught the partial eclipse in gaps in clouds from Rye Beach, NY, USA
Photos at https://bkellysky.substack.com/p/partial-solar-eclipse-of-march-29
I caught the last tweak of this eclipse after sunrise in upstate New York. Just enough edge shadow left to see through my eclipse glasses.