Type of eclipse Nature Annular Gamma 0.4828 Magnitude 0.9439 Maximum eclipse Duration 5m 46s Coordinates 49.1N 176.3E Max. width of band 237 km Times (UTC) (P1) Partial begin 20:56:07 (U1) Total begin 22:06:17 Greatest eclipse 23:53:54 (U4) Total end 1:39:11 (P4) Partial end 2:49:21 References Saros 128 (58 of 73) Catalog # (SE5000) 9535 An annular solar eclipse will take place on May 20, 2012 (May 21, 2012 for local time in Eastern Hemisphere), with a magnitude of 0.9439. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on 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), blocking most of the Sun's light. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region thousands of kilometres wide. This is also known as Ring of Fire.
Há montes de fotos pela net deste evento... Não sei se terá interesse uma colecção sobre o eclipse... Chris Lynch - Sundown - Texas Phillip L. Jones - Novo México Jimnista: Sunset Beach / Huntington Beach, Califórnia - timelapse / composição de fases do eclipse durante aproximadamente 2 horas. Perto de Dog Beach em Huntington Beach Califórnia. Posto salva-vidas nº 24
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