See the partial eclipse at Mugdock Country Park

Name: See the partial eclipse at Mugdock Country Park
Start: 2025-03-29T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-03-29T12:15:00+00:00
Location: Eric Tomney Memorial Observatory

Saturday 29th March 2025 from 10:00am to 12:15pm

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Eric Tomney Memorial Observatory
Mugdock Country Park, Milngavie, Lanarkshire, G62 8EL

The ASG will be running a free public event at our observatory in Mugdock Country Park between 1000 and 1215 on Saturday 29th March. First Contact of the Moon on the Sun is at 1008 and Last Contact is at 1207, maximum eclipse is at 1106. Specially filtered telescopes will be available for members of the public to safely view the partial eclipse. You should never use a normal telescope or binoculars to view the sun. Viewing is obviously weather dependent but we are hoping for a great show! Note that no booking is required for this event, just turn up. The observatory is at the north end of the overflow car park near the Mugdock Visitor Centre.

Please note that this has already taken place on 29/03/2025

Event organiser

The Astronomical Society of Glasgow is organising this event

Please contact The Astronomical Society of Glasgow directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.

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Event booking

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Event darkness

The Moon has a big impact on the visibility of celestial bodies in the night sky. Try to plan your stargazing when there is no bright Moon at night as this is when the skies will be at their darkest.

The below chart shows if and when the skies will be at their darkest during this event. Moonlight is shown in light yellow and the Sun's twilight in light blue. Midnight on the date shown is shown as a white line with sunset to the left and sunrise the next morning to the right. A black background with stars shows the best times for stargazing.

Sat 29th Mar

New Moon

0 % illuminated

Dark from 20:12 to 04:28

Dark for 8h 15m

Local light pollution

Eric Tomney Memorial Observatory is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.