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Total solar eclipses have not always been visible from Earth. In the past, the Moon was too close to Earth and during eclipses it completely blotted out the Sun's disk. Over time, the lunar orbit has changed at the rate of just over 2 cm per year and in the current epoch, the alignment is nearly perfect at times. However, the Moon's orbit will continue to widen, and in perhaps 600 million years, total solar eclipses will no longer occur. Instead, future observers will see partial and annular eclipses only.
Total eclipse on Friday, March 20, 2015
Regions that saw at least a partial eclipse: Europe, North / East Asia, North / West Africa, West in North America, Atlantic, Arctic.
