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This is because when a solar eclipse crosses the U.S. in mid-August at an ascending node (i.e. moves from south to north during odd-numbered saros), the path of the eclipse tracks from coast to coast. When a solar eclipse crosses the U.S. in mid-August at descending node (even numbered saros), the path tracks a large distance southward. [4]
The one total solar eclipse will occur on August 12, 2045. The lone hybrid eclipse, of which its total eclipse portion passed over Nevada, occurred on April 28, 1930. The most recent annular solar eclipse was on October 14, 2023, and the most recent partial solar eclipse was on April 8, 2024.
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year.
A total solar eclipse crossed North America on Monday, darkening skies along a path through Mexico, the United States and Canada. A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America as a total ...
The shadow will be traveling at an average of about 2,300 miles per hour across NY state and will only take about 10 minutes, from one side of state to the other.
On Aug. 12, 2045, another eclipse is set to travel “coast to coast” across the United States. States in its path include California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas ...
The longest annular solar eclipse of the 21st century took place on January 15, 2010, with a duration of 11 minutes and 7.8 seconds. The maximum possible duration is 12 minutes and 29 seconds. The eclipse of May 20, 2050, will be the second hybrid eclipse in the span of less than one year, the first one being on November 25, 2049.
This is the second eclipse event in two years, but they are not the same. In October 2023, there was an annular solar eclipse in which the sun takes the shape of a "ring of fire" because the moon ...