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An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit between Sunday, May 20 and Monday, May 21, 2012, [1] [2] [3] with a magnitude of 0.9439. 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.
At this point, the longest measured duration in which the Moon completely covered the Sun, known as totality, was during the solar eclipse of July 22, 2009. 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 ...
Three annular solar eclipses have already occurred on January 4, 1992; May 20, 2012; and October 14, 2023, respectively, and four more will occur on February 5, 2046; November 15, 2077; July 3, 2084; and March 10, 2100. One total solar eclipse occurred on September 10, 1923, and the other will occur on August 12, 2045.
Another annular solar eclipse will arrive on February 17, 2026. ... casting a shadow that plunges a swath of the Earth into darkness for minutes at a time. ... in November 2012. - Greg Wood/AFP ...
The only time it’s safe to view the sun without eye protection is during the “totality” of a total solar eclipse, or the brief moments when the moon completely blocks the light of the sun ...
An annular solar eclipse near McCloud in California on May 20, 2012. The annular solar eclipse is a prelude to a total solar eclipse that will take place April 8, 2024.
This total solar eclipse will have a maximum duration of 7 minutes and 29.22 seconds. This will be the longest total solar eclipse between 4000 BCE and at least CE 6000 (10,000 years). The longest possible duration of a total solar eclipse is 7 minutes and 32 seconds. The longest annular solar eclipse of the 22nd century will take place on ...
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]