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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.
April 8, 2024 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2024 April 08 at 15:43:23.3 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2024 April 08 at 16:40:00.7 UTC First Central Line 2024 April 08 at 16:41:09.4 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2024 April 08 at 16:42:18.1 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact
October 2, 2024: 18:46:13 144 Annular −0.3509 0.9326 7:25 266 165 Annular: Easter Island, Southern Chile, Southern Argentina. Partial: Hawaii, Eastern Oceania, Southern and Central South America, Antarctica [7] March 29, 2025: 10:48:36 149 Partial 1.0405 0.9376
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]
When the asura named Rahu attempted to pose as a deva to receive amṛtam, the nectar of eternal life, Surya and Chandra, the deities of the Sun and the Moon, alerted Mohini, the incarnation of Vishnu. Mohini promptly employed her discus to behead the asura, but he had already partaken the nectar, and had become immortal. Rahu's head was exiled ...
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Thursday, April 20, 2023, [1] with a magnitude of 1.0132. It was a hybrid event, a narrow total eclipse, and beginning and ending as an annular eclipse.
Solar eclipses visible from Australia are relatively common. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun.
A total solar eclipse crossed the United States in April 2024 (12 states) (Saros 139, Ascending Node), and a future solar eclipse will cross in August 2045 (10 states) (Saros 136, Descending Node). An annular solar eclipse will occur in June 2048 (9 states) (Saros 128, Descending Node).