![]() The penumbra will cause a partial eclipse visible from a much larger area even the extreme West of Europe will get to see a low magnitude partial eclipse. It will be around 115 km wide in the case of this eclipse. Totality is only seen from a thin path across the globe, where the umbra touches the surface of our planet. The first partial phase happens between contacts 1 and 2 (C1 and C2), totality happens between contacts 2 and 3 (C2 and C3) and then we have another partial phase between contacts 3 and 4 (C3 and C4), when the eclipse ends. Phases of the eclipseĪ total solar eclipse has two phases: a partial and a total one. Otherwise, we have an annular solar eclipse, when a thin ring of the Sun is still visible around the dark disk of the Moon. We also need the Moon to be close to perigee so that it covers the whole disk of the Sun and allows the magnificent corona to be visible. (If we have a Full Moon close to the nodes, we get a lunar eclipse.)īut this is not the only condition needed. So, we need the New Moon to happen close to one of the nodes in order to have a solar eclipse. The points where the orbit of the Moon and the Ecliptic intersect are called lunar nodes. This doesn’t happen at every New Moon, as the orbit of the Moon is inclined at an angle of around 5 degrees to the Ecliptic. If anyone still has doubts, a total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon gets between the Sun and Earth and manages to fully cover the disk of our beloved star. Let’s see what we can do… The solar eclipseįirst of all, let’s talk a bit about the eclipse. And, of course, we want to take photos of it. The shadow of the Moon will sweep across the United States of America, from Oregon to South Carolina. On August 21 2017, we will witness what was dubbed “The Great American Eclipse”. We are less than a lunation away of probably the most advertised total solar eclipse in history. ![]() ![]() A total solar eclipse has two main phases: a partial and a total one. ![]()
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