And don’t miss the astronomical phenomenon of the Super Moon that takes place the night before the total solar eclipse.
According to Dailymail, on March 20 we will have the opportunity to admire an interesting astronomical phenomenon – a total solar eclipse.
Specifically, according to experts, this total solar eclipse will “block” up to 90% of the sunlight in Europe – considered the largest total solar eclipse in Europe since 1999.
A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun and covers the entire Sun when seen from Earth. With this, the halo of the sun was still radiating, forming a very beautiful spectacle.
If you are in the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean regions, you will admire the magical beauty of the Sun’s crown when the Moon is covered.
Because the path of a total solar eclipse begins in the middle of the Atlantic and moves north towards Greenland, north of Siberia. The maximum point of the eclipse will be north of Scandinavia and the Faroe Islands.
And residents of Europe will have the opportunity to admire the panorama of this particular phenomenon. In London, the sun will be around 84% cloudy and 94% in darkness in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh at 9:36 a.m. GMT (around 4:36 p.m. GMT). This total solar eclipse is expected to last more than 2 minutes.
Dr. Steve Bell said: “It can be said that it is the largest total solar eclipse in Europe due to its wide coverage. The last total solar eclipse with such coverage occurred on 11 /. August 1999 – 16 years ago “.
In August 1999, darkness began in the mid-Atlantic before covering the southern part of the United Kingdom, northern France, Belgium, Luxembourg, southern Germany, Austria, the Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary. This total solar eclipse lasted 2 minutes and 23 seconds.
Tom Kerss, astronomer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich said: “After this event in March 2015, we will have to wait until 2026 to see the phenomenon of the total solar eclipse. So don’t miss this amazing event.”
In addition, according to astronomers, the night before the total solar eclipse, you can also witness the phenomenon of the Super Moon.
