AstroGrav Help /Sample Simulations /Solar System /Eclipses /Total Eclipse 2015 Mar 20Version 5.1

Total Eclipse 2015 Mar 20

This simulation shows the total eclipse of the sun on 20th March 2015, as seen from the following twelve different viewpoints.

Top row, left to right:

Reykjavic in Iceland
Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands
Longyearbyen in Svalbard
The North Pole

Middle row, left to right:

London in England
Berlin in Germany
Minsk in Belarus
Moscow in Russia

Bottom row, left to right:

Madrid in Spain
Rome in Italy
Bucharest in Romania
Volgograd in Russia

The eclipse is total in Tórshavn, Longyearbyen, and the North Pole, and is partial in the other nine locations. Lines of altitude and azimuth can be seen in the backgroun. At the North Pole, the horizon can be seen, and the Sun is rising during the eclipse.

If you set the simulation running, you can watch the eclipse progress at each of the twelve locations. Since different computers run at different speeds, you may need to edit the evolution time step to get the simulation to run at an acceptable rate.