Solar eclipse on June 21 will be an Annular Eclipse. Complete details here

Guwahati: An annular solar eclipse will be witnessed on Sunday, June 21, and Indians will be able to catch the phenomenon in action.

In India, the obscuration of the Sun by the Moon at the time of the greatest phase of the annular eclipse will be nearly 98.6%. Obscuration of the Sun by the Moon at the time of the An annular solar eclipse will be witnessed on Sunday, June 21, and Indians will be able to catch the phenomenon in action. An annular solar eclipse will be witnessed on Sunday, June 21, and Indians will be able to catch the phenomenon in action.greatest phase of the partial eclipse will be around 94 percent in Delhi, 80 percent in Guwahati, 78 percent in Patna, 75 percent in Silchar, 66 percent in Kolkata, 62 percent in Mumbai, 37 percent in Bangalore, 34 percent in Chennai, 28 percent in Port Blair, among others.

Considering the Earth as a whole the partial phase of the eclipse will begin at 9 h 16 m IST. The annular phase will begin at 10 h 19 m IST. The annular phase will end at 14 h 02 m IST. The partial phase will end at 15h 04 m IST.

What is an Annular Eclipse?

A solar eclipse occurs on a new moon day when the Moon comes in between the Earth and the Sun and when all the three objects are aligned. An annular eclipse occurs when the moon is farthest from the earth, according to NASA blog. Since the moon is farther away from the earth, it seems smaller and does not block the entire view of the sun. The moon is in front of the sun and looks like a dark disk on top of an even larger disk which appears like a ring of fire.

Warning: The eclipsed Sun should not be viewed with the naked eye, even for a very short time. It will cause permanent damage to the eyes leading to blindness even when the moon covers most portion of the Sun. The safe technique to observe the solar eclipse is either by using proper filters like aluminized Mylar, black polymer, welding glass of shade number 14, or by making a projection of Sun's image on a whiteboard by telescope.

TimeandDate and Slooh will be streaming the eclipse live on their YouTube and one can also follow the path of the eclipse using the NASA tracker.

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