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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.
2012: People react as they see the "ring of fire" or annular solar eclipse in Kanarraville, Utah. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images) (AFP via Getty Images) 2012: The "ring of fire" annular solar ...
An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.
The path of the most recent annular solar eclipse to cross Kansas on May 10, 1994. From 1900 to 2100, the state of Kansas will have recorded a total of 88 solar eclipses, two of which are annular eclipses and three of which are total eclipses. One annular solar eclipse occurred on May 10, 1994, and the other will occur on June 11, 2048.
The "diamond ring" effect is visible as the moon makes its final move over the sun during a total solar eclipse at Palm Cove, Australia, in November 2012. - Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images
Thousands of people across the Americas gazed at the heavens on Saturday to witness a rare phenomenon known as an annular solar eclipse, when the moon passes in front of the sun, momentarily ...
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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 ...