Partial Solar Eclipse
March 29, 2025
On March 29, 2025, the Moon
will cover the Sun in a partial eclipse that
will be seen mostly from
Europe, the north polar region, and the northeastern part of North America. The best place
to see it from the United States would be from somewhere along the coast of Maine, although if you
could travel to New Brunswick, Canada, the views would be even better. The moment of greatest
eclipse comes right around sunrise for northeastern North America, so we can look forward to excellent
photos of the eclipsed Sun rising over the Atlantic Ocean as long as the weather cooperates.
I used screen captures from Orion's TheSky™ planetarium software for the animation, with the
location set for Portland, Maine. The scene has been set for the local horizon in Portland with
an idealized water horizon and sky, which of course would mean you would have to be somewhere such as
the Portland
Head Light looking out over the water to see this scene.