The first solar eclipse of the year 2020 will take place on June 21 (Representative)
New Delhi:
The first solar eclipse of the year 2020 will take place on June 21. It will be annular in certain parts of the country where the Moon will cover the Sun from the center, leaving the outer edge visible, thus creating a “ring of fire” in the sky. However, for most parts of the country, the eclipse will be partial.
The path of the annular solar eclipse will start near Gharsana in Rajasthan around 10:12 am and the annularity phase will start around 11:49 am and will end at 11:50 am, declared the director of the planetarium MP Birla Debi Prasad Duari. telling the PTI news agency.
The celestial event will be visible for one minute from places such as Suratgarh and Anupgarh in Rajasthan, Sirsa, Ratia and Kurukshetra in Haryana, and Dehradun, Chamba, Chamoli and Joshimath in Uttarakhand.
The year 2020 has already seen two lunar eclipses and now the first solar eclipse will occur on June 21. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth, preventing the Sun’s rays from reaching the planet directly. There are four types of solar eclipse: total, partial, annular and hybrid.
This solar eclipse will be visible in Africa and the Central African Republic, the Congo, Ethiopia, Pakistan, India and China.
The second and last solar eclipse of 2020 will take place on December 14. It will be a total solar eclipse where the Sun, the Moon and the Earth will come in a straight line and the Moon will completely block the Sun and cast a shadow on Earth.
