A partial solar eclipse began in Iceland on Tuesday, October 25 and ended off the coast of India at around 6:30 pm. It was best visible in parts of western Russia and Kazakhstan but also witnessed in several Indian cities including Chennai, Vellore, Coimbatore, Ranchi, Srinagar, and Mathura. The next partial solar eclipse will take place on August 2, 2027
A press release issued by the Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre said the partial eclipse could be viewed in Chennai, but with little visibility, beginning at 5.14 p.m. and ending at 5.44 p.m. Bengaluru will witness the solar eclipse for about 45 minutes. Only 10% of the eclipse will be visible between 5.12 pm to 5.49 pm.
While in certain parts of Russia and Kazakhstan the visibility was to be 80%, the partial eclipse was also visible in most parts of Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Asia. The solar eclipse was a partial one, visible over India, except for a large area of the North-eastern States.
According to the Ministry of Earth Science, the obscuration of the sun by the moon was between 40% and 50% at the time of the maximum eclipse in north-western parts of the country while in other parts of the country, the percentage was lesser.
The Ministry said that eclipsed sun should not be viewed with the naked eye, even for a very short time. “It will cause permanent damage to the eyes, leading to blindness even when the moon covers most portions of the sun.”
Here are the images from the eclipse on Tuesday:
A view of partial solar eclipse seen in Hosur. | Photo Credit: N. Bashkaran
The moon partially covers the sun during the partial solar eclipse, in Mathura, on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: PTI
The solar eclipse as seen in near the Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya
Bodhgaya: The moon partially covers the sun during the partial solar eclipse, near the Mahabodhi temple Tuesday, Oct 25, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI
View of the eclipse from Visakhapatnam
A partial solar eclipse seen from Kailasagiri Hill in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. | Photo Credit: DEEPAK KR, The Hindu
Glimpses of Tuesday’s eclipse from various parts of Tamil Nadu
Eclipse seen in Madurai
A view in Madurai on Tuesday evening. | Photo Credit: R. Ashok
Chennai
Eclipse in Chennai, Tuesday, October 25. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj
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Tuesday’s solar eclipse in Puducherry Skies
Birds fly as the moon covers the sun during the partial solar eclipse in Puducherry. | Photo Credit: S.S. Kumar
Solar eclipse in the Union Territory of Puducherry. | Photo Credit: S.S. Kumar
Reflection of the solar eclipse in a water body in Puducherry. | Photo Credit: S.S. Kumar
Solar eclipse seen in Coimbatore
A partial solar eclipse has begun in Coimbatore on Tuesday evening. | Photo Credit: Photo: Periasamy M/ The Hindu.
Eclipse seen in Ooty
Partial solar eclipse is seen in Vellore’s evening sky
Partial solar eclipse seen in Vellore on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: C. Venkatachalapathy
Schedule of the partial solar eclipse in various cities
Schedule of the solar eclipse 2022. Source: Union Ministry of Earth Science. Credits- Priyali Prakash, Venkatachalapathy C
People witness the solar eclipse in India and other parts of the world
Man looks at eclipse in Mathura through exposed x-ray film. (see below)
Mathura: A man watches the solar eclipse through a strip of exposed x-ray film and a sunglass in Mathura on Tuesday, | Photo Credit: PTI
People gather to witness the eclipse in Baghdad, Iraq.
People observe a partial solar eclipse in Baghdad, Iraq. | Photo Credit: Reuters
Young astronomy enthusiasts watching eclipse in Kosovo estate in Southeast Europe
People use protective glasses to watch a partial solar eclipse in Pristina on October 25, 2022. | Photo Credit: AFP
Government holiday in Odisha for solar eclipse
The Odisha Government had declared a public holiday on Tuesday on account of a solar eclipse. All government offices, schools, colleges, educational institutions, courts, banks and other financial institutions remained closed on October 25.- PTI
Partial solar eclipse seen in Ranchi, Jharkhand
Ranchi: The moon partially covers the sun during the partial solar eclipse in Ranchi, Tuesday, Oct 25, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI
Eclipse seen in Patna
Patna: A silhouette of a bird in the backdrop of moon covering the sun during the partial solar eclipse in Patna, Tuesday, Oct 25, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI
The moon (R) partially obscures the sun during a partial solar eclipse visible from Patna on October 25, 2022. | Photo Credit: AFP
The partial solar eclipse is being witnessed in Patna, Bihar on Tuesday evening. A partial solar eclipse was last witnessed on June 21, 2020, and the next eclipse will take place on August 2, 2027.
A safe technique of observing the solar eclipse is either by using a proper filter like aluminized Mylar, black polymer, welding glass of shade number 14 or by making the sun’s projection on a white board by telescope. - PTI
Nepal sees eclipse during sunset in Kathmandu
A partial solar eclipse is pictured behind the cloud during the sunset in Kathmandu, Nepal October 25, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters
Eclipse seen in J&K and Amritsar
Jammu and Kashmir and Amritsar, Punjab, witness the partial solar eclipse. Srinagar will witness the maximum obscuration of the solar disc at 55 per cent. The first contact, where the moon starts to cover the solar disc, happened at 4:29 pm in Delhi, where the moon was expected to cover 43 per cent of the solar disc.- PTI
Partial solar eclipse seen at the Vatican
A partial solar eclipse is pictured in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, October 25, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters
The partial solar eclipse is pictured in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, on October 25, 2022.
Temple doors to remain closed during partial solar eclipse
KURNOOL 25/10/2022 The Bhramarambha Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple doors being closed at 6 a.m. on Tuesday in view of the Solar Eclipse at Srisailam. | Photo Credit: U. SUBRAMNYAM, The Hindu
The Bhramarambha Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple doors in the Srisailam town in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool were closed at 6 a.m. on Tuesday in view of the Solar Eclipse. In Hinduism, the ritualistic programs of worship are stopped during solar and lunar eclipses.
The doors of the Kedarnath and Badrinath temples, as well as several other temples in Haridwar and elsewhere, will remain closed in view of the partial solar eclipse.
Published - October 25, 2022 04:57 pm IST
