There will be a partial solar eclipse on October 25th. You will be able to watch it online from Europe and parts of Africa and Asia. In our guide, you'll learn all about the last solar eclipse.

How to see solar eclipses in 2022.

When is the solar eclipse and how to watch online?

It depends on where you're observing from. The eclipse starts in the Atlantic Ocean at 08:58:20 Universal Time. The time is at 10:30 pm At 9:01 a.m., it will be over. The sun rises at 1301GMT. At 7 a.m., there will be a peak eclipse.

There are a number of ways to watch the solar eclipse if you are not in the visibility area. There is a full list of things to see during the solar eclipse.

TimeandDate.com will have a live webcast that begins at 4:30 a.m. EDT (0830 GMT) and runs through the event. The Ceccano, Italy-based Virtual Telescope Project will have its own webcast beginning at 5 a.m. EDT (0900 GMT) and the Royal Observatory Greenwich will feature live commentary from expert astronomers beginning at 5:05 a.m. EDT (0905 GMT).

If you're looking for particular eclipse start and stop times for your city in the visibility area, this table from Fred Espenak has detailed times for the eclipse (opens in new tab).

What will the partial solar eclipse look like?

The total solar eclipse on Oct. 25 will cause the moon and star to not be perfectly aligned with Earth as they are during a solar eclipse. Only a small part of the sun should be seen from the point of central eclipse. Only a few people will likely see it at the North Pole.

Depending on how close an observer is to the central path of the eclipse, the sun will appear obscured to differing degrees. About 80% of the sun's disk will be covered by the moon in Russia while 70% will be blocked from western China. The eclipses were seen in Norway and Finns.

Visibility map for the Oct. 25 solar eclipse

map of the october 2022 partial solar eclipse visibility

This map of the partial solar eclipse of Oct. 25, 2022 was created by eclipse scientist Fred Espenak of EclipseWise.com (opens in new tab). The yellow line is the path of greatest eclipse, with the green line showing the extant of visibility to the south. Parts of Greenland and Iceland are positioned for the first encounter with the eclipse. (Image credit: Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com/Google Maps)

There will be a partial solar eclipse on October 25. The North Pole is not likely to be seen by many observers.

Millions of skywatchers could potentially see the eclipse, which begins in the northern Atlantic Ocean and crosses most of Europe, Africa and Asia.

The different start times are due to the different viewpoints in the visibility region.

Solar eclipse safe viewing tips

If you don't wear proper eye protection, you can end up with permanent eye damage. Use proper equipment when watching the sun or a solar eclipse.

Make sure you have the right equipment if you want to watch the solar eclipse. Even with UV protection, regular sunglasses won't protect you, even with special protective eyewear.

The guide on how to observe the sun safely has more information on what to look for and what to wear.

ISO certified eclipse glasses have been approved by the International Organization for Standardization as safe for solar observing. They've been tested so that they don't let any more than a minuscule amount of the sun's light through their light filters, are free of defects like scratches or bubbles, and list the name of their manufacturers and instructions for proper use.

The safest way to observe a solar eclipse is to use indirect methods, such as building a pinhole camera. Our guide will show you how to build a camera.

If you use a camera, companies like Celestron make special camera filters that you can use on your phone or DSLR camera. Observers are advised to use extreme caution. The glasses should be on at all times. NASA has a guide for when to remove the glasses.

There are good deals on eclipse glasses.

Why do solar eclipses occur?

What happens during a solar eclipse.

This graphic shows the general alignment of the sun, moon and Earth to create amazing solar eclipses. The image shown is not to scale. (Image credit: Shutterstock/Andramin)

When the moon passes in front of the sun, there is a solar eclipse. The new moon stage is when the moon is between the Earth and the sun. There is not a solar eclipse every month due to the fact that the moon and the sun don't align every new moon.

The moon is 400 times closer to the Earth than the sun, but the sun is 400 times larger. When the moon is perfectly aligned with the sun, it blocks the sun from being visible. It happens every 18 months or so.

Sometimes the moon crosses in front of the sun but not completely blocking the star. We get partial solar eclipses this time of year. Sometimes, the moon is too far away from Earth to completely block the sun, which results in a ring of fire.

When is the next solar eclipse?

A view of the partial solar eclipse of April 30, 2022, with clearly visible sunspots, as seen from Santiago, Chile by the Institute de Astrofisica in a Timeanddate.com broadcast.

A view of the partial solar eclipse of April 30, 2022, with clearly visible sunspots, as seen from Santiago, Chile by the Institute de Astrofisica in a Timeanddate.com broadcast. (Image credit: Timeanddate.com/ Institute de Astrofisica)

The next time the moon crosses in front of the sun will be in 2323. There are two solar eclipses in three years.

A hybrid solar eclipse will take place on April 20, 2023. A ring of fire solar eclipse, also known as a total solar eclipse, can be seen from some parts of the eclipse's path. It will be visible from parts of southeast Asia, the East Indies, Australia, the Phillipines and New Zealand.

There will be a solar eclipse in October of 2023. The "ring of fire" effect will be visible in parts of North America, Central America and South America.

There will be a total lunar eclipse in November of 2022.

Bibliography

Partial Solar Eclipse of 2022 Oct 25, Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com, Retrieved October 22, 2022 from https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/2001-2100/SE2022Oct25Pprime.html (opens in new tab).

Google Eclipse Map Page, Partial Solar Eclipse of 2022 Oct 25, Fred Espenak, EclipseWise.com. Retrieved October 22, 2022 from https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEgmapx/2001-2100/SE2022Oct25Pgmapx.html (opens in new tab).

The Ultimate Guide to Observing the Sun. Celestron. Retrieved October 22, 2022 from https://www.celestron.com/blogs/knowledgebase/the-ultimate-guide-to- observing-the-sun

Solar Eclipse Glasses: Where to Buy the Best, High-Quality Eyewear, Retrieved October 22, 2022 from https://www.space.com/36941-solar-eclipse-eye-protection-guide.html (opens in new tab).

Partial Solar Eclipse - October 25, 2022, TimeandDate.com, Retrieved October 22, 2022 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sx_vuKEGlY (opens in new tab).

Solar Eclipse LIVE | 25 October 2022, Royal Observatory Greenwich, Retrieved October 22, 2022 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FKh2xLo4Ek (opens in new tab).

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