Longest solar eclipse of the millennium on Jan 15
January 12, 2010 |16:02 | General Information | Lunar Astronomy By : Team X
The duration of the eclipse will be approximately around 11 minutes and 8 seconds. The moon will cover the sun’s disc. Annular solar eclipse occurs when the sun and the moon are exactly in line, but the apparent size of the moon’s shadow is smaller than that of the visible disc of the sun.
The covered sun, therefore, appears as a ‘Ring of Fire’, with its rays appearing spread out from the outline of the moon. Last time India saw this ‘Ring of Fire’ was Nov 22, 1965, and it will not be witnessed again before June 21, 2020. In India, the eclipse will start around 11 a.m. and end around 3:15 p.m.
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