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Dublin, Ireland
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma 0.9454
Magnitude 1.0445
Maximum eclipse
Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A total solar eclipse occurred on
Friday March 20, 2015. 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 total
solar eclipse occurs when the
Moon's apparent diameter is
larger than the Sun's, blocking
all direct sunlight, turning day
into darkness. Totality occurs in a
narrow path across Earth's
surface, with the partial solar
eclipse visible over a surrounding
region thousands of kilometres
wide.
It had a magnitude of 1.045. The
longest duration of totality was 2
minutes and 47 seconds off the
coast of the Faroe Islands. It is
the last total solar eclipse visible
in Europe until the eclipse of
August 12, 2026.[1]
The only populated places
reachable by public land travel
from which the totality could be
seen were the Faroe Islands and
Svalbard.[2]
Contents
1 Viewing
1.1 Impact
1.2 Coincidence of
events
1.3 Simulation
2 Gallery
3 Related eclipses](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/solareclipsemarch2015-150322060920-conversion-gate01/85/Solar-eclipse-march-2015-1-320.jpg)
![Duration 2m 47s
Coordinates 64.4N 6.6W
Max. width of band 463 km
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 9:46:47
References
Saros 120 (61 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9541
3.1 Lunar eclipses
3.2 Solar eclipses
2015–2018
3.3 Saros series
3.4 Metonic series
4 References
5 Bibliography
6 External links
Viewing
The solar eclipse began at 08:30GMT in northwest Europe and moved towards
the northeast but still in northern Europe. It was most visible from the North
Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, Greenland, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, United
Kingdom, Faroe Islands, northern Norway and Murmansk Oblast. The shadow
began its pass off the south coast of Greenland. It then moved to the northeast,
passing between Iceland and the United Kingdom before moving over the
Faroe Islands and the northernmost islands of Norway. The shadow of the
eclipse was visible in varying degrees all over continental Europe.[3] For
example, London experienced an 85% partial solar eclipse while points north of
the Faroe Islands in the Norwegian Sea saw a complete solar eclipse.[4]
The eclipse was observed at radio frequencies at the Metsähovi Radio
Observatory, Finland, where a near total eclipse was seen.[5]
Impact
The European Union has a solar power output of about 90 gigawatts and
production could have been temporarily decreased by up to 34 GW of that
dependent on the clarity of the sky. In actuality the dip was less than expected,
with a 13 GW drop in Germany happening due to overcast skies.[6] This was
the first time that an eclipse had a significant impact on the power system, and
the electricity sector took measures to mitigate the impact. The power gradient
(change in power) may be −400 MW/minute and +700 MW/minute. Places in
Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark may be 80% obscured.[7][8] Temperature
may decrease by 3 °C, and wind power may decrease as winds are reduced by
0.7 m/s.[9]
Coincidence of events
20 March 2015 was also the day of the March equinox (also known as the
spring or vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere). In addition, six
supermoons are expected for 2015. The supermoon on 20 March 2015 was the](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/solareclipsemarch2015-150322060920-conversion-gate01/85/Solar-eclipse-march-2015-2-320.jpg)
![third of the year; however, it was a new moon (near side facing away from the
sun), and only its shadow was visible.[10]
Simulation
Gallery
Congresbury,
Somerset, United
Kingdom, 9:35
(GMT)
Lisbon, Portugal,
from 8:15 through
10:00 [11]
Sheffield, UK. All
time local time
(GMT)
Chester-le-Street,
UK, 9:07 GMT](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/solareclipsemarch2015-150322060920-conversion-gate01/85/Solar-eclipse-march-2015-3-320.jpg)
![Ulcinj,
Montenegro,
11:34:14 local
time (10:34:14
UTC)
Moscow, Russia,
13:35:27 local
time (10:35:27
UTC)
Erlangen,
Germany, 10:13:00
local time
(10:13:00 UTC)
Related eclipses
Lunar eclipses
A total lunar eclipse will follow on April 4, 2015, visible over Australia, and the
Pacific coast of Asia and North America.[12]
Solar eclipses 2015–2018
Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately
every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's
orbit.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/solareclipsemarch2015-150322060920-conversion-gate01/85/Solar-eclipse-march-2015-5-320.jpg)
![It is a part of Saros cycle 120, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71
events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD, and
reached an annular eclipse on August 11, 1059. It was a hybrid event for 3
dates: May 8, 1510, through May 29, 1546, and total eclipses from June 8,
1564, through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial
eclipse on July 7, 2195. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 16
seconds on August 12, 1654.[13]
Series members 55–65 occur between 1901 and 2100:](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/solareclipsemarch2015-150322060920-conversion-gate01/85/Solar-eclipse-march-2015-7-320.jpg)
Solar eclipse march 2015
- 1. Solar eclipse ofMarch 20, 2015 Dublin, Ireland Map Type of eclipse Nature Total Gamma 0.9454 Magnitude 1.0445 Maximum eclipse Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A total solar eclipse occurred on Friday March 20, 2015. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. It had a magnitude of 1.045. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes and 47 seconds off the coast of the Faroe Islands. It is the last total solar eclipse visible in Europe until the eclipse of August 12, 2026.[1] The only populated places reachable by public land travel from which the totality could be seen were the Faroe Islands and Svalbard.[2] Contents 1 Viewing 1.1 Impact 1.2 Coincidence of events 1.3 Simulation 2 Gallery 3 Related eclipses
- 2. Duration 2m 47s Coordinates64.4N 6.6W Max. width of band 463 km Times (UTC) Greatest eclipse 9:46:47 References Saros 120 (61 of 71) Catalog # (SE5000) 9541 3.1 Lunar eclipses 3.2 Solar eclipses 2015–2018 3.3 Saros series 3.4 Metonic series 4 References 5 Bibliography 6 External links Viewing The solar eclipse began at 08:30GMT in northwest Europe and moved towards the northeast but still in northern Europe. It was most visible from the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, Greenland, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Faroe Islands, northern Norway and Murmansk Oblast. The shadow began its pass off the south coast of Greenland. It then moved to the northeast, passing between Iceland and the United Kingdom before moving over the Faroe Islands and the northernmost islands of Norway. The shadow of the eclipse was visible in varying degrees all over continental Europe.[3] For example, London experienced an 85% partial solar eclipse while points north of the Faroe Islands in the Norwegian Sea saw a complete solar eclipse.[4] The eclipse was observed at radio frequencies at the Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Finland, where a near total eclipse was seen.[5] Impact The European Union has a solar power output of about 90 gigawatts and production could have been temporarily decreased by up to 34 GW of that dependent on the clarity of the sky. In actuality the dip was less than expected, with a 13 GW drop in Germany happening due to overcast skies.[6] This was the first time that an eclipse had a significant impact on the power system, and the electricity sector took measures to mitigate the impact. The power gradient (change in power) may be −400 MW/minute and +700 MW/minute. Places in Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark may be 80% obscured.[7][8] Temperature may decrease by 3 °C, and wind power may decrease as winds are reduced by 0.7 m/s.[9] Coincidence of events 20 March 2015 was also the day of the March equinox (also known as the spring or vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere). In addition, six supermoons are expected for 2015. The supermoon on 20 March 2015 was the
- 3. third of theyear; however, it was a new moon (near side facing away from the sun), and only its shadow was visible.[10] Simulation Gallery Congresbury, Somerset, United Kingdom, 9:35 (GMT) Lisbon, Portugal, from 8:15 through 10:00 [11] Sheffield, UK. All time local time (GMT) Chester-le-Street, UK, 9:07 GMT
- 4. Lorient, France, 10:19:54 local time(9:19:54 GMT) Huddersfield, UK, 9:20:25 GMT Berlin, Germany, 10:28:36 local time (9:28:36 UTC) – unconfirmed source Dublin, Ireland, 9:30:09 GMT Hjartdal, Norway, 10:47:00 local time (9:47:00 UTC) Kłodzko, Poland, 10:54:15 local time (9:54:15 UTC) Wrocław, Poland, 10:43:55 local time (9:43:55 UTC) Prague, Czech Republic, 10:55:43 local time (9:55:43 UTC) – unconfirmed source Warsaw, Poland, 10:56:00 local time (9:56:00 UTC) Budapest, Hungary, 10:59:45 local time (9:59:45 UTC) Milan, Italy, 11:07:49 (10:07:49 UTC) – unconfirmed source Kiev, Ukraine, 12:28:17 local time (10:28:17 UTC)
- 5. Ulcinj, Montenegro, 11:34:14 local time (10:34:14 UTC) Moscow,Russia, 13:35:27 local time (10:35:27 UTC) Erlangen, Germany, 10:13:00 local time (10:13:00 UTC) Related eclipses Lunar eclipses A total lunar eclipse will follow on April 4, 2015, visible over Australia, and the Pacific coast of Asia and North America.[12] Solar eclipses 2015–2018 Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
- 6. Solar eclipse seriessets from 2015–2018 Descending node Ascending node 120 March 20, 2015 Total 125 September 13, 2015 Partial 130 March 9, 2016 Total 135 September 1, 2016 Annular 140 February 26, 2017 Annular 145 August 21, 2017 Total 150 February 15, 2018 Partial 155 August 11, 2018 Partial Partial solar eclipses on July 13, 2018, and January 6, 2019, occur during the next semester series. Saros series
- 7. It is apart of Saros cycle 120, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD, and reached an annular eclipse on August 11, 1059. It was a hybrid event for 3 dates: May 8, 1510, through May 29, 1546, and total eclipses from June 8, 1564, through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 7, 2195. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 16 seconds on August 12, 1654.[13] Series members 55–65 occur between 1901 and 2100:
- 8. 55 56 57 January14, 1907 January 24, 1925 February 4, 1943 58 59 60 February 15, 1961 February 26, 1979 March 9, 1997 61 62 63 March 20, 2015 March 30, 2033 April 11, 2051 64 65 April 21, 2069 May 2, 2087 Metonic series The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
- 9. This series has21 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2087.
- 10. May 31 –June 1 March 20 January 5–6 October 24–25 118 119 121 123 June 1, 2011 March 20, 2015 January 6, 2019 October 25, 2022 128 129 131 133 June 1, 2030 March 20, 2034 January 5, 2038 October 25, 2041 138 139 141 143 May 31, 2049 March 20, 2053 January 5, 2057 October 24, 2060 148 149 151 153 May 31, 2068 March 19, 2072 January 6, 2076 October 24, 2079 157
- 11. June 1, 2087 References F.Espenak and Xavier Jubier. "NASA - Total Solar Eclipse of 2026 August 12" (http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/SEsearchmap.php?Ecl=20260812). Retrieved 20 March 2015. 1. 20. marts 2015 — Total Solar Eclipse (http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar /2015-march-20) Time&Date 2. "Solar eclipse 2015 live: Britain to plunge into morning twilight as Moon blocks out Sun" (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11484521/Solar- eclipse-2015-live.html). Daily Telegraph. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015. 3. "Solar Eclipse: live updates" (http://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2015 /mar/20/solar-eclipse-live-updates). Guardian. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015. 4. "Solar eclipse as seen by a radio telescope" (http://www.metsahovi.fi /sun/eclipse_2015/index_en.html). 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015. 5. European power grids keep lights on through solar eclipse (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/20/us-solar-eclipse-germany- idUSKBN0MG0S620150320) 6. "Solar Eclipse 2015 – Impact Analysis (https://www.entsoe.eu/Documents /Publications/SOC/150219_Solar_Eclipse_Impact_Analysis_Final.pdf)" pp3+6+7+13 . European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, 19 February 2015. Accessed: 4 March 2015. 7. Curve of potential power loss (http://ing.dk/sites/ing/files/solformoerkelse.jpg)8. S. L. Gray , R. G. Harrison. "Diagnosing eclipse-induced wind changes (http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/468/2143/1839)" Proceedings of the Royal Society. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2012.0007 Published 25 May 2012. Archive (http://web.archive.org/web/20150304105008/http: //rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/468/2143/1839) 9. "In 2015, first of six supermoons comes on January 20" (http://earthsky.org/tonight /in-2015-the-first-of-six-supermoons-occurs-on-january-20). Retrieved 20 March 2015. 10.
- 12. Wikimedia Commons has mediarelated to Solar eclipse of 2015 March 20. "Instagram" (https://instagram.com/p/0ci9__lXwP/). Instagram. Retrieved 20 March 2015. 11. 2015 Apr 04 chart: (http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001 /LE2015Apr04T.pdf) Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC 12. http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros120.html13. Bibliography NASA graphics (http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001 /SE2015Mar20T.GIF) Google interactive map of the eclipse from NASA (http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001 /SE2015Mar20Tgoogle.html) NASA Besselian Elements – Partial Solar Eclipse of 2007 September 11 (http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/SEdata.php?Ecl=20070911) External links Centered and aligned video recording of full phase of total solar eclipse (https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=IMd1qvXfKeM) on YouTube Eclipse spectacle (http://astrobob.areavoices.com/2015/03/20/eclipse- spectacle-record-thin-moon-aurora-redux/) AstroBob, 3/20/15 Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org /w/index.php?title=Solar_eclipse_of_March_20,_2015&oldid=652997903" Categories: Total solar eclipses 2015 in Europe 2015 in science 21st-century solar eclipses This page was last modified on 22 March 2015, at 11:06. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.