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Geometry of a total solar eclipse (not to scale) The diagrams to the right show the alignment of the Sun, Moon, and Earth during a solar eclipse. The dark gray region between the Moon and Earth is the umbra, where the Sun is completely obscured by the Moon. The small area where the umbra touches Earth's surface is where a total eclipse can be seen.
A symbolic orbital diagram from the view of the Earth at the center, ... A total solar eclipse is in fact an occultation while an annular solar eclipse is a transit.
A total solar eclipse is far different from a partial eclipse or a ring of fire event, as the moon completely covers the sun, casting a shadow that plunges a swath of the Earth into darkness for ...
An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, May 10, 1994, [1] with a magnitude of 0.9431. 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.
An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly over the sun’s disk, but the angle makes it so it only obscures most of the sun, instead of the entire sun like during a total ...
The one that will occur on Saturday is a type called an "annular solar eclipse." This occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the sun at a time when the moon is at or close to its farthest ...
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 time of the partial eclipse is 15:42 UTC, while the annular solar eclipse begins at 16:50 UTC and ends at 20:39 UTC. The partial solar eclipse then comes to an end at 21:47 UTC.