Nature Total Magnitude 1.0531 Max. width of band 206 km (128 mi) Start date August 2, 2046 | Gamma -0.535 Duration 291 sec (4 m 51 s) Greatest eclipse 10:21:13 | |
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An annular solar eclipse will occur on August 2, 2046. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly 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's, blocking all direct sunlight. Annularity occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
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Solar eclipses of 2044-2047
Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
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Solar eclipse of August 2, 2046 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA