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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 ...
The first eclipse in the series was on 22 June 1248 and the last will be on 6 August 2510. The most recent was an annular eclipse on 14 October 2023 and the next will be an annular eclipse on 2041 October 25. The longest totality was 1 minute 30 seconds on 9 October 1428 and the longest annular will be 10 minutes 55 seconds on 10 January 2168.
A view of the solar eclipse on June 10, 2021 from Killingly, Connecticut, during its partial phase. From 1900 to 2100, the state of Connecticut will have recorded a total of 76 solar eclipses, two of which are total eclipses. One total solar eclipse occurred on January 24, 1925, and the other will occur on May 1, 2079.
In Fresno, about 40.6% of the sun will be covered at 11:14 a.m., while Merced will experience a partial eclipse of 38.3% and Modesto will see about 36.8% around the same time. San Francisco may ...
The 2024 solar eclipse will begin at 1:58 p.m. and reach maximum totality, or coverage, around 3:14 p.m. in Detroit and southeast Michigan. It will conclude with a final partial eclipse at 4:27 p.m.
A hybrid solar eclipse is a rare type of solar eclipse that changes its appearance from annular to total and back as the Moon's shadow moves across the Earth's surface. [2] Totality occurs between the annularity paths across the surface of the Earth, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. [3]
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 ...
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]