Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019
21st-century annular solar eclipse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of the orbit on Thursday, December 26, 2019.[1][2][3][4] A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the Sun for a viewer on Earth. 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.[5]
Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | 0.4135 |
Magnitude | 0.9701 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 220 s (3 min 40 s) |
Coordinates | 1°N 102.3°E / 1; 102.3 |
Max. width of band | 118 km (73 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 5:18:53 |
References | |
Saros | 132 (46 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9552 |
The annularity was visible in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.