New Delhi: An annular Solar Eclipse will occur on January 26. The partial phase of the eclipse will be visible from the southern part of India, all places in eastern coast, most of north east India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. In general, the partial phases of this annular eclipse are visible from southern Africa, Northwestern Antarctica, Australia, Southeast Asia and Indonesia. Considering the Earth as a whole, the eclipse will begin at 10:27 hrs Indian Standard Time (IST) when the shadow of the moon first touches the Earth at local sunrise at a point in the South Atlantic Ocean close to Namibia in South of African continent. The eclipse will ends at 16:31 hrs IST when the Moon's shadow finally leaves the Earth at local sunset at a point very close to south of Cambodia in the South China Sea. The annular phase will begin in the South Atlantic Ocean at 11:36 hrs IST. The annular path passes through south of African continent, curving to the north east, the path crosses the southern Indian Ocean, finally it enters the land of southern Sumatra and Western java, crosses central Borneo and ends at 15:22 hrs IST at a point close to south of Philippines in the Celebes Sea. The Greatest Phase of the eclipse with magnitude 0.929 shall occur at 13:29 hrs IST at a point in the Indian Ocean. The maximum duration of annular phase is 7 minutes and 51 seconds. The next solar eclipse will be the century's longest duration total solar eclipse which will occur on July 22, 2009. The path of the totality of the eclipse will pass through India. | ||
