Total solar eclipse
Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:45 AM UTC
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
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Total solar eclipse
March 8, 1997
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March 30, 2033
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Peak (UTC)
Friday, Mar 20
Type
Total solar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Distance to shadow axis
6,028 km
Greatest-eclipse point
64.4° N, 6.6° W
More eclipses to explore
Browse the catalog by date — the next and previous eclipses by peak time, regardless of type. For closely related events of the same type spaced ~18 years apart, see the Saros family panel on the left.