Jiwaji Observatory Ujjain: Year 2025 To Witness Four Eclipses Including Two Solar & Two Lunar; Only One To Be Visible In India | Pixabay
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): A total of four eclipses, including two solar and two lunar eclipses are going to occur in the year of 2025, as Ujjain-based Jiwaji Observatory announced on Friday.
However, India will be able to witness only one of the phenomena due to varying time zones. The dates of the eclipse are as follows:
First: March 14 – Lunar eclipse
Second: March 29 – Partial solar eclipse
Third: September 7 and 8 – Full lunar eclipse
Fourth: September 21 and 22 – Partial solar eclipse
According to the Superintendent of Ujjain’s Jiwaji Observatory, Dr Rajendra Prakash Gupt, the first eclipses will be full lunar eclipse going to occur on March 14. “It will not be visible in India because this astronomical event will occur during daytime in the country,” he added.
First eclipse to be visible in America, Europe & others
As per the observations, the first lunar eclipse of the year (March 14) will be visible in America, Western Europe, Western Africa and North & South Atlantic Ocean, informed the official from the observatory in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain.
Second eclipse on March 29
According to Professor Gupt, the second eclipse would be a partial solar eclipse that will occur on March 29. However, this phenomenon also will be missed by India.
The eclipse will be visible in North America, Greenland, Iceland, over the North Atlantic Ocean, the entire Europe and north-western Russia, said the official.
Third eclipse to be visible in India
“Indian astronomy lovers can be excited by the fact that the full lunar eclipse occurring between September 7 and 8 will be visible in the country. It will also be visible in other countries of Asia as well as Europe, Antarctica, the Western Pacific Ocean, Australia and the Indian Ocean region, Gupt added.
Last eclipse on September 21 and 22
The last eclipse of 2025 is going to occur between September 21 and 22 and it is going to be a partial solar eclipse. Indian’s won’t be able to witness this phenomenon also.
Astronomical lovers in New Zealand, Eastern Melanesia, Southern Polynesia and West Antarctica will be able to see this eclipse.
The year 2024 witnessed four celestial events – a penumbral lunar eclipse, total solar eclipse, partial lunar eclipse and annular solar eclipse.
(With inputs from PTI)
