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| Expert Bogachev: Muscovites will be able to see a partial solar eclipse on March 29 |
| 2025-03-27 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Residents of the capital will be able to see a partial solar eclipse on Saturday, March 29. This was reported by Professor of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Sergei Bogachev . "The maximum eclipse will occur around 14:50-15:10 Moscow time. But it will be noticeable only in the north of the country. In Moscow, the Moon will cover less than 10% of the solar disk, and in St. Petersburg - about 20% ," he noted in a conversation with the Moscow city news agency. Bogachev also clarified that a similar eclipse will also occur on September 21, but residents of the European part of Russia will not be able to see it. As reported by the Regnum news agency , a total solar eclipse occurred on April 8, 2024. For some of the inhabitants of the Earth, the Moon completely blocked the Sun and cast a shadow on the surface of the planet, the width of which was 198 km. The peak of the eclipse was observed by residents of Mexico - for them, the sunlight dimmed for 4 minutes and 28 seconds. This happened at 21:17 Moscow time in the north of the country. |
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