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The solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, also known as the Great North American Eclipse, [ 1 ][ 2 ] was a total solar eclipse visible across a band covering parts of North America, from Mexico to Canada and crossing the contiguous United States. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the Sun.
Saros. 152 (13 of 70) Catalog # (SE5000) 9556. A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Saturday, December 4, 2021, [1][2][3][4] with a magnitude of 1.0367. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's and the apparent path of the Sun and Moon intersect, blocking all ...
This total solar eclipse had a maximum duration of 6 minutes and 38.86 seconds. The longest possible duration of a total solar eclipse is 7 minutes and 32 seconds. 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 ...
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]
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“Fortunately for us, the April 8, 2024, total eclipse will occur when the moon’s apparent size is near its maximum, so people in the path of totality will be treated to a total eclipse that ...
An eclipse season is the only time when the Sun (from the perspective of the Earth) is close enough to one of the Moon's nodes to allow an eclipse to occur. During the season, whenever there is a full moon a lunar eclipse may occur and whenever there is a new moon a solar eclipse may occur. If the Sun is close enough to a node, then a "full ...
Solar prominence seen in true color during totality of a Solar eclipse. In solar physics, a prominence, sometimes referred to as a filament, [a] is a large plasma and magnetic field structure extending outward from the Sun 's surface, often in a loop shape. Prominences are anchored to the Sun's surface in the much brighter photosphere, and ...