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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.
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.
2024 eclipse may refer to: March 2024 lunar eclipse, a penumbral eclipse; Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, a total eclipse in parts of Mexico, the United States and Canada; September 2024 lunar eclipse, a partial eclipse; Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024, an annular eclipse in parts of the Pacific
List of solar eclipses in the Middle Ages (5th to 15th century) Modern history. List of solar eclipses in the 16th century; List of solar eclipses in the 17th century; List of solar eclipses in the 18th century; List of solar eclipses in the 19th century; List of solar eclipses in the 20th century; List of solar eclipses in the 21st century; Future
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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An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, [1] with a magnitude of 0.9326. 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.
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