On 20-Mar-2015 – together with Spring Equinox and a New Moon – a Total Solar Eclipse is happening.

The eclipse cannot be seen at all from the American continents.  But it’s a Total Solar Eclipse in Svalbard (Norway) and the Faroe Islands, and a Partial Solar Eclipse in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and northern and western Africa.

The eclipse starts at 07:41 UTC and ends at 11:50 UTC.

When the eclipse happens worldwide

The eclipse starts at one location and ends at another. The times below are actual times (in UTC) when the eclipse occurs.

Event	UTC Time
First location to see partial eclipse begin	Mar 20 at 7:41 AM
First location to see full Eclipse begin	Mar 20 at 9:09 AM
Maximum Eclipse	Mar 20 at 9:45 AM
Last location to see full Eclipse end	Mar 20 at 10:22 AM
Last location to see partial Eclipse end	Mar 20 at 11:50 AM

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Also see the Wikipedia entry.

 

Some European countries are concerned that the Solar Eclipse may affect their power supplies, given that about 10.5 % of all electricity generated in the contient comes from solar power.

Power companies in Europe are expecting an electricty shortage of about 35,000 mega watts during the course of the eclipse.