Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025


A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on March 29, 2025, with a magnitude of 0.9376. It was poetically nicknamed José Zorrilla’s eclipse honoring the 208th anniversary of the birth and the 132nd anniversary of the death. 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.
The partial eclipse was visible for parts of the northeastern United States, eastern Canada, Greenland, Europe, northwest Africa, and northwestern Russia.

Images

Animated path

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
EventTime
First Penumbral External Contact2025 March 29 at 08:51:52.5 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2025 March 29 at 10:48:36.1 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2025 March 29 at 10:58:59.4 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2025 March 29 at 11:47:27.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2025 March 29 at 12:44:54.0 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.93760
Eclipse Obscuration0.93057
Gamma1.04053
Sun Right Ascension00h33m03.1s
Sun Declination+03°33'55.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'01.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.8"
Moon Right Ascension00h31m00.8s
Moon Declination+04°29'34.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'39.4"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'07.8"
ΔT 71.9 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
March 14
Descending node
March 29
Ascending node
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 123		Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 149

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