Solar Eclipses

While there are variations, sometimes dramatic variations, between cultures in terms of the stories told about what caused solar eclipses, the most common was that the sun was being devoured and that loud noises, chants, songs and so on would frighten the monster away.

The differnence between a total solar eclipse and a partial solar eclipse is that a total solar eclipse you can see the moon appear to cover the sun completely and then the sky becomes dark that you can see the stars and a total solar eclipse lasts no longer than about seven minutes. The partial solar eclipse is similar to a total solar eclipse except that the moon never completely covers the sun.

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The number is irregular, varying between 2 and 5 per year. During the 20th Century,

spanning the years from 1901 to 2000, there were 228 solar eclipses (plus 229

lunar ones). So the long-term average is roughly 2.3 per year.

A Solar Eclipse is a blocking of sun light reaching the Earth. The Blockage is caused by the Moon coming directly between the Sun and the Earth.

The Words'

Solar ; of the Sun (Latin)

Eclipse ; Obscuring (Classical Greek).

It will begin at 11:58 pm (Greenwich Mean Time), and reach total eclipse at 12:54 am (GMT). It will last for a total of 6 minutes and 39 seconds.

Typically it takes about an hour for the Moon to get into Earth's shadow; an hour to cross it, and an hour to get out. Before and after that, there is also the entry and exit into the partial shadow. This is listed in astronomy books, but it is hardly visible.

During a solar eclipse, the alignment is the Sun, Moon, and Earth, with the Moon positioned between the Earth and the Sun. As the eclipse progresses outward toward the edge of the solar system, the alignment remains the same, with the Sun at the center and the Moon moving away from the inner planets towards the outer planets.

While solar eclipses happen about twice per year, they are typically observable only within limited areas. So solar eclipses are rarely seen in a particular location.

For Auckland, NZ, there will be no total solar eclipses visible for the next thousand years. Partial eclipses occur two or three times per decade. The next partial solar eclipse will be 2012-Nov-14, and the Sun will be about 85% occulted.

No. In order for a solar eclipse to occur, the Sun, Moon and Earth must line up precisely. Most of the time, the alignment is wrong and the shadow of the Moon points either "above" or "below" the Earth without touching it.

Only about twice a year is the alignment close enough to have an eclipse. In many cases, the alignment is very close, and you have a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse just two weeks apart.

In some years, like 2008, the alignment is particularly bad, so last year we had three PARTIAL solar eclipses and one annular eclipse instead of the typical two.

On November 3rd, 2013 you should be able to see the very beginnings of a partial eclipse of a rising Sun. On August 21st, 2017 a major partial eclipse will be visible in the afternoon with 80% of the sun's disk being covered. 2045 is the closest date when Tampa will see a total solar eclipse.

In that case, the tides caused by the the Sun and the Moon cancel in part, so the tides will be weaker than at other times.

A Total eclipse - is where the moon passes directly in front of the sun's disc - completely obscuring it. A partial - is where the moon and sun aren't quite aligned, and part of the sun is left 'uncovered' as the moon makes its transit.

It refers to the Woody Allen movie "Stardust Memories." Dorie is Allen's ex-girlfriend in the film, and there's a very specific scene where someone asks him if he remembers the last time he saw Dorie - where it shifts to a series of cuts, one of which the audio was used and called, "Dorie Intro Music" where she says, "There's a doctor here who thinks I'm beautiful and interesting."

A lunar eclipse is when the Earth passes between the Moon and the Sun. The Earth's shadow, cast by the Sun, passes over the Moon.
A solar eclipse is when the Moon passes across the face of the Sun, as viewed from Earth, and the Sun casts a deep shadow over the Earth.

The moon.

No such thing as a "partial total eclipse", sorry.

Did you mean "partial lunar eclipse"? In a total lunar eclipse, the Moon goes completely into the umbra, or total shadow, of the Earth. Except for some red sunlight that passes through the Earth's atmosphere and is bent into the dark area, the Moon becomes completely dark. The remaining red glow is all of the sunrises and sunsets all the way around the world, at once.

In a partial lunar eclipse, the Moon isn't quite precisely aligned with the Sun and Earth, and only part of the Moon goes into the umbra. The rest of the Moon is still sunlit. The sunlit area isn't COMPLETELY bright; it is in the "penumbra", where part of the Sun's light is blocked by the Earth. But we generally can't tell the difference between total sunlight and partial sunlight on the Moon without special instruments.

The halo of light that appears around the moon during a solar eclipse is caused by sunlight being refracted through the Earth's atmosphere. This phenomenon is known as the "corona effect" and occurs due to the scattering of sunlight by particles in the atmosphere which creates a glowing ring around the moon.

total lunar

Corona

The "New Moon" is the moment when the moon is directly between us and the sun.

At that time, we can't see the moon at all, because we're looking at the "back side"

of it that's completely unlit by the sun.

That's where the moon has to be in order for its shadow to fall on the Earth, and

for people to be in it. "Being in the moon's shadow" is another way to describe a

solar eclipse.

For a new moon to occur the moon must be between earth and the sun

The duration of Saigon Eclipse is 1.5 hours.