Millions of people in parts of North, South and Central America will be able to see a rare fire halo of a solar eclipse next weekend. The moon moves in front of the sun on Saturday, but the outer edge of our home star remains visible.
Also called an annular, this solar eclipse will be most pronounced in parts of the US states of Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, as well as parts of Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. The American space agency NASA announced Colombia and Brazil in advance.
Over Panama, the maximum annular phase duration of five minutes and 17 seconds is reached. This solar eclipse is still not visible throughout Europe, not even in its partial phases.
An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves centrally in front of the sun, but is at a relatively large distance from the Earth at the time. This means that Earth’s satellite does not completely cover the Sun’s disk. Another total solar eclipse has been announced for parts of North America in April 2024. (sda/dpa)
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