Total Solar Eclipses - March 20, 2015 and September 13, 2015
Yesterday's posting talked about the 4 blood moons that will start April 15, 2014. But there are 2 total solar eclipses that will also happen. The first total solar eclipse will occur on March 20, 2015 and the second solar eclipse on September 13, 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, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth, while a partial solar eclipse will be visible over a region thousands of kilometers wide. It will have a magnitude of 1.045. The longest duration of totality will be 2 minutes 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. ...