On March 29, 2025, a deep partial solar eclipse will be visible from Iceland, if weather allows.
In Reykjavík, the partial solar eclipse starts at 10:05:49 when the Sun is 19 degrees above the southeastern horizon. During maximum eclipse at 11:05:36, the Moon covers roughly 67.6% of the Sun. The Moon has left the solar disk at 12:07:13. Watch the cloud cover forecast here at icelandatnight.is.
The solar eclipse is not only visible from Iceland, but also the northeastern part of the United States, eastern part of Canada, Greenland, Europe, northwestern part of Africa and Russia. The partial eclipse is deepest over Quebec where 93% of the solar disk will be eclipsed.
In Iceland, Vesturbyggð in the Westfjords sees deepest partial at 75.3%.
The partial solar eclipse occurs two weeks after a total lunar eclipse, also visible from Iceland. During the eclipse, the Sun is in the constellation of Pisces.
Solar eclipses occur when the Moon is new and passes in front of the Sun to catch a shadow onto Earth. When the Moon partly obscures the Sun, a partial eclipse occurs. When the Moon covers the Sun completely, a total eclipse is seen, nature's most spectacular spectacle. Partial eclipses are seen from much larger areas on Earth, while a total eclipses are only seen from narrow strips on our planet.
The Moon's orbit is tilted such that most of the time, the lunar shadow passes north or south of Earth. This is why solar eclipses don't occur every month.
To watch the solar eclipse, special solar eclipse goggles are a must. If you wish to watch the eclipse using a telescope or binoculars, the utmost care has to be taken and use a solar filter the whole time. Solar filters are always place at the front end of the telescope, at the aperture.
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The March 29, 2025 partial solar eclipse is the final practice for the total eclipse that will be seen from Iceland on August 12, 2026.
In order to photograph the eclipse, solar filters are needed.
Sævar Helgi Bragason is an award winning astronomy and science communicator and educator, lecturer, author, TV host and owner and editor of icelandatnight.is and eclipse2026.is.
