Friday, March 20, 2015, brings an unusual combination of three astronomical events. During the vernal equinox, the third Supermoon will ignite a full solar eclipse in the Arctic.
Map of Solar Eclipse
March 20 is the day when there is the vernal equinox, i.e. day and night are approximately equal.
Solar eclipse will block about 90 percent of the sunlight and will be the largest event of its kind in 16 years. On March 20 the moon on its path will be found between the Sun and the Earth so that the Earth will fall shade that will cause rare as full solar eclipse. The Solar eclipse will block about 90 percent of the sunlight and will be visible from all over Europe. The full eclipse will be visible to residents of northern Scandinavia and the Faroe Islands. This phenomenon will last 2 minutes and 23 seconds, while in Europe, North Africa and Russia the duration of the "spectacle" will be 90 minutes. For residents of the Balkan Peninsula visibility of the eclipse of the Sun will be 50%. The maximum duration of the eclipse will be two minutes and 47 seconds a distance of 300 km east of Iceland, the Norwegian Sea. The new full eclipse visible in Europe will not be the 2026th
Solar Eclipse in Skopje: http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/republic-of-macedonia/skopje
Interestingly, astronomers announced and the so called "Supermoon", i.e. the moment when the natural satellite of the Earth is closest to our planet. In 2015 there will be 6 Supermoons. This is the third Supermoon this year, while the remaining three will take place in August 29, 28 September and 27the of October.
Solar eclipse looked like this on 11. 08. 1999.
References:
http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/republic-of-macedonia/skopje
http://www.daveswordsofwisdom.com/2015/03/supermoon-solar-eclipse-march-20th-2015.html
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/march-equinox.html
http://sorendreier.com/march-20-supermoon-total-solar-eclipse-and-march-equinox/
Authors:
MSc Julijana Petrovska
MSc Marina Stojmirova
