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A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially.Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season in its new moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of Earth's orbit. [1]
A total eclipse occurs when the observer is within the umbra, an annular eclipse when the observer is within the antumbra, and a partial eclipse when the observer is within the penumbra. During a lunar eclipse only the umbra and penumbra are applicable, because the antumbra of the Sun-Earth system lies far beyond the Moon.
∎ Annular: This type of eclipse is the most commonly seen and is witnessed leading up to a total eclipse. When the moon passes directly between the Earth and the sun, an annual eclipse occurs.
An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, June 1, 2030, [1] with a magnitude of 0.9443. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.
“During an annular eclipse, because the surface of the sun is not completely covered, you must wear glasses or view indirectly at all times.” Directly staring at the sun can result in ...
The annular solar eclipse will begin in the United States at 9:13 a.m. PT (12:13 p.m. ET) and pass from Oregon to the Gulf Coast in Texas, appearing in Nevada, Utah and New Mexico along the way as ...
For example, penumbral lunar eclipse of May 26, 2002 is followed by the annular solar eclipse of June 10, 2002 and penumbral lunar eclipse of June 24, 2002. The shortest lunar fortnight between a new moon and a full moon lasts only about 13 days and 21.5 hours, while the longest such lunar fortnight lasts about 15 days and 14.5 hours.
The annular solar eclipse will take place on Oct. 2. This will be the last solar eclipse phenomenon to take place in 2024. The first total solar eclipse took place earlier this year on April 8.