A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, March 20, 2015,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0445.

A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness.

Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with a partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

Occurring about 14 hours after perigee (on March 19, 2015, at 19:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Greenland, Europe, North Africa, Central Asia, and western Russia.

It was most visible from the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Faroe Islands, northern Norway and Murmansk Oblast.

[8][9] The European Union has a solar power output of about 90 gigawatts and production could have been temporarily decreased by up to 34 GW of that dependent on the clarity of the sky.

In actuality the dip was less than expected, with a 13 GW drop in Germany happening due to overcast skies.

Proponents of the Blood Moon Prophecy, such as Bob O'Dell[17] also pointed out that 20 March 2015 was also a significant day on the Jewish and Biblical calendar.

Furthermore, the path of the total eclipse over the North Pole[18] was a highly symbolic location infusing the day with both great natural significance and profound religious meaning according to O'Dell.

[19] The event was visible as a partial eclipse all across Europe including: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the United Kingdom,[20] Ireland,[21] Portugal, France,[22] Germany,[23] Poland,[24] Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Montenegro, Finland, Western Russia, and Ukraine.

Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee).