The October 25, 2022 partial solar eclipse is the first eclipse of the second eclipse season of 2022. It will be visible starting in the north Atlantic Ocean and Iceland.
The Sun is still super bright, too bright to look at meaning that there is not a safe time to look at the eclipse without safe solar viewing glasses, solar filters, or other safe viewing methods.
The animation below shows the eclipse over the globe from the vantage point of the moon.
An animation of the October 25, 2022, partial solar eclipse from the moon’s vantage point. The lightly shaded circle with the black outline is the penumbral shadow. The partial eclipse is visible inside the penumbra. Animation by Fred Espenak and Michael Zeiler.
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SOURCE: timeanddate.com
You may have often heard that solar eclipses are rare. That statement gives the idea that they don’t happen very often. They aren’t rare in occurrence since we get on average 2 per year. What makes them rare is not when but where they happen. Earth is a very big place and is covered mostly with water. The path and extent of solar eclipses are comparatively small. Eclipses usually happen in very remote places, over the ocean, or in this case both.
A map of the partial solar eclipse on October 25, 2022. The path is across the north Atlantic Ocean, most of Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East, and western parts of Asia. Key to Solar Eclipse Maps here. Image via Fred Espenak
A map showing where the November 7-8, 2022, lunar eclipse is visible. Contours mark the edge of the visibility region at eclipse contact times. The map is centered on 168°57’W, the sublunar longitude at mid-eclipse. Image via the NASA SVS
Mark your calendars! The next two major eclipses in the Americas are coming soon! There is an annular solar eclipse on October 14, 2023, and a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. More to come.