Partial Solar Eclipse (Photo : Reuters)
Two spectacular events are to be expected this coming March 20, a Supermoon and the Spring equinox.
This rare and spectacular event is very unusual just like the eclipse that will cover the United Kingdom and other places into darkness this Friday.
A Supermoon or sometimes called the Perigee moon, happens when only if the full or new moon does its closest fly-by of the Earth, which makes it look bigger than it normally does. The spring equinox pertains to the time of the year when the days and nights are of equal duration, mid-way between the shortest days and the longest days.
A solar eclipse phenomenon is when the sun and moon line up, where the moon covers the sun. And while it won't be affected by the two other events, it is rare that the three events happen on its own at the same time, according to The Independent UK.
This Friday's total Solar eclipse is a first since the November 3, 2013 occurrence. The dark umbral shadow cone of the moon will follow a curved path mostly around the Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic Ocean, starting from the southern tip of Greenland and then winding its way counterclockwise to the northeast part passing through the United Kingdom and Iceland.
The shadow will then pass over the Faroe Islands, the sparsely inhabited Norwegian island group of Svalbard, after which it will go counterclockwise moving toward the northwest, where it leaves the Earth's surface just short of the North Pole, NBC News reported.
