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Solar eclipse 2025: The first solar eclipse of 2025 will be a partial eclipse on 29 March. It will appear the most in eastern and northern Canada with 93.1% coverage. Proper eye safety is necessary.
Solar eclipse on March 29 2025: Partial solar eclipse will not be visible from India. (Image: Shuttersk)
March 2025 Partial solar eclipse: The first solar eclipse of 2025 is scheduled to take place on 29 March. This will be a partial eclipse which means that the Sun, Moon and Earth will not be completely align. As a result, only one part of the sun will be covered that will reveal it as if a piece is thrown out. Unlike the total solar eclipse, the sun will not be completely covered, so proper eye protection will be necessary throughout the program.
March 2025 Solar Eclipse: Time
Here are partial solar eclipse:
- Start time: 4:50 AM EDT (2:20 PM IST).
- Accurate time: 6:47 AM EDT (4:17 pm IST)
- End time: 8:43 AM EDT (6:13 pm IST).
March 2025 Partial solar eclipse: Where will it appear?
- The eclipse will be the most visible in eastern and northern Canada, where 93.1% Sun will be especially covered in northern Quebec.
- About 85% of the North Eastern United States will witness the AA major eclipse covered by the sun.
- A shallow eclipse will appear in Europe, Caribbean, Africa and parts of Siberia.
- Iceland, Iceland, Rekjavik will have one of the lowest coverage levels, with about 66% of the sun blocked.
- In North and South America, the eclipse will already be in progress in sunrise.
- Western Europe and northwest Africa will see it in the morning in the middle of Eastern Europe and North Asia, it will take place in the afternoon or evening.
March 2025 Partial Solar Eclipse: Will it appear in India?
Partial solar eclipse will not be visible from India as the shadow of the moon does not pass in this region during the incident.
March 2025 Partial Solar Eclipse Live Stream
You can see the live stream of partial solar eclipse on 29 March on Timonddate and Royal Observatory Greenwich’s YouTube channels on 29 March. Click here for direct links.
Solar Aclips 2025: How to safely see Sun Country
According to NASA, in view of the partial solar eclipse, there are some important security guidelines:
- Use proper eye safety: Always wear eclipse glasses or solar audiences in a safe hand while watching the eclipse. Regular sunglasses are also not dark safe because they do not block enough sunlight. Use only solar audiences that meet the ISO 12312-2 International Security Standards.
- Do not see through optical devices: Do not look at the sun through camera lens, telescope, telescope or any optical device while wearing acryps glasses. Concentrated rays can burn through filters and cause severe eye injuries. Use a special-purpose solar filter to safely look at the sun.
- Use indirect views: If you do not have eclipse glasses, use a pinhole projector to project the image of the sun on one surface. Do not look through pinhole directly. The leaves of the tree can also make natural pinhol estimates of eclipse on the ground.
