The moon is getting ready to squeeze its way in front of our view of the sun, partally blocking the star’s disc to create a rare view in the morning skies.
A Partial Solar eclipse will take place on saturday, March 29, and will be visible in the North American Northeast, Europe, as well as some parts of north and west Africa, and Northearted. Although it won’t a total solar eclipse like the one that blocked our view of the sun on April 8, 2024, the partial solar eclipse will grase our skies with a crescent-shaped sun over.
During a partial solar eclipse, the moon passes in front of the sun as seen from earth, but the central part of its shadow -known as the umbra -misses the plan, according to NasaThat’s trust the Sun, Moon, and Earth are not perfectly lined up.
INTEAD, The Moon’s Larger, Fuzzy Outer Shadow, Called The Penumbra, Falls on Earth, Causing the Sun to appear Partialy obscured. A total Solar eclipse is when the moon’s umbra results in lights out on earth along the path of totality.
When is the partial solar eclipse?
The partial solar eclipse will begin at 4:50 AM ET on Saturday, and will peak at 6:47 am et, according to timeanddate.comHowever, it will begin at different times in different locations.
As noted, the eclipse will be partial for everyone in the moon’s shadow. Looking at the nasa eclipse map Above, the curved yellow lines show the permentage of the sun that will be covered at peak eclipse in each location, why green lines mark Whhen Thaat Maximum Covege Happence. The orange loops show where the eclipse coincides with Sunrise or Sunset (Left is Sunrise, Right is Sunset), Where Blue Blue Shows where Maximum Eclipse will Occur Rights or SunSete.
In North America, The Partial Solar Eclipse will have alredy begun before the sun begins to risk. Viewers looking at the eclipse from some parts of North America could be treated to a rare sight of “Solar Horns,” where the tips of the eclipsed sun crescent are turned upwards as the star rain appearing as a pair of devil horns. The solar horns can be seen from locations in southeastern quebec and southwest new brunswick in canda and in Northern Maine in the Us, According to Space.com,
In Western Europe and Northwestern Africa, The Eclipse will begin in the mid- to late morning while in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, The Eclipse will mostly Occur in the afternoon or ear According to nasa.
As seen in the map, the shadow of the moon moves from west to East. That’s trust the moon orbits in the same direction as the rotation of Earth, Although it travels twice as fast. The Chart Below Shows Timings for Key Us Cities and the Eclipse in Terms of Percentage of the Sun that that’ll be obscured. You can refer to this map To find out when the partial solar eclipse will take place at your location.
The partial eclipse will end at 8:43 am et for viewers at the last location to see it.
How to watch the partial solar eclipse
As with the total solar eclipse, you must protect your eyes while gazing up at the sun when it is partally blocked. You must use certified eclipse glasses, or solar viewing glasses, when looking directly at the sun, you cannot look through a camera lens, telescope, binoculrs, or Any Other Device White WeHELE WHILE WEHIN eclipse glasses, nasa warns. INTEAD, A Special Solar Filter must be attached to the front of any optical device.
The Sun’s Next Big Event will be on August 12, 2026, When a Total Solar Eclipse will take over the skies in greenland, iCeland, Spain, Russia, Russia, and A Small Area of Portugal, Whole ACLIPSE WILLIPSE WILLPSE WILILE Be Visible in Europe, Africa, North America, The Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and Pacific Ocean.
Correction: A Previous version of this article Mostated that “Most” of North America will experience the partial solar eclipse. In reality, only the Eastern from Parts of the Continent will get a view.