An annular solar eclipse sweep across much of the United States yesterday, May 20, 2012 (May 21, 2012 for local time in Eastern Hemisphere), with a magnitude of
0.9439.
It unfolded late in the afternoon and evening in the United States.
Yesterday, according to PAGASA, partial solar eclipse are in some region of the Philippines visible today, May 21, 2012.
It unfolded late in the afternoon and evening in the United States.
Yesterday, according to PAGASA, partial solar eclipse are in some region of the Philippines visible today, May 21, 2012.
PAGASA said in its monthly astronomical diary:
“An
annular solar eclipse will occur on May 21, 2012. It will be visible from a
track that goes across China, most of Russia, Southeast Asia, including the
Philippines and Indonesia, Hawaii, Arctic regions and most of North America.”
"A
solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the earth and the sun,
thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the sun as viewed from the
earth."
“An
annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon’s apparent diameter is smaller than
the sun, causing the sun to look like an annulus (ring) and blocking most of
the sun’s light. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region
thousands of kilometers wide.”
The
maximum eclipse may be observed in Metro Manila starting at 5:58 a.m. and end
at 7:06 a.m.
Reports
said the next time the earth will witness a total eclipse of the sun will
be on Aug. 21, 2017.
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