The eclipse solar for this Saturday, April 30, it will be one of the first astronomical events that will be seen on Earth for this 2022. In that sense, this event will take place next Saturday, April 30, where it will reach its maximum viewing phase around 5:37 in the followingnoon for Colombia.
WHAT TIME TO SEE THE SOLAR ECLIPSE
The eclipse will be seen for the first time at 1:45 p.m. Colombia time (18:45 UTC) on Saturday, April 30, 2022. The maximum eclipse will occur a couple of hours later, at 3:41 p.m. Colombia time ( 20:41 UTC), and will end at 5:37 pm Colombia time (22:37 UTC).
- antarctica: starts at 4:24 pm and its maximum point will be at 4:52 pm
- Santiago Chile): starts at 4:33 pm and its maximum point will be at 5:36 pm
- Argentina Buenos Aires): starts at 5:42 pm and its maximum point will be at 6:09 pm
- Bolivian (La Paz): starts at 5:39 pm and its maximum point will be at 6:01 pm
- Uruguay (Montevideo): starts at 5:43 pm and its maximum point will be at 6 pm
WHERE TO WATCH THE SOLAR ECLIPSE LIVE
Time and Date and Nasa TV will broadcast through their official YouTube channels the eclipse solar live for everyone.
WHEN WILL THE ECLIPSES BE SEEN IN 2022
According to what NASA says, the 2022 eclipses will occur on the following dates:
- PARTIAL ECLIPSE – APRIL 30
– You will be able to see it with the naked eye, since it will be visible in the southeast Pacific and South America.
- TOTAL MOON EPLIPSE – MAY 16
– It will be very easy to see it in America, Europe and Africa.
- PARTIAL ECLIPSE – OCTOBER 25
– In America it will not be visible, it can only be enjoyed in Europe, Northeast Africa and West Asia.
- TOTAL MOON EPLIPSE – NOVEMBER 8
– You will be able to see it in almost all the planet, in particular in Asia, Australia, the Pacific and America.
There are three types of solar eclipses that differ from each other by how much and how the Moon covers the Sun.
ECLIPSE SOLAR TOTAL
A total solar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon line up in such a way that the Moon completely blocks sunlight. So much so that, for seconds or even minutes, the sky becomes so dark that it seems like night.
In NASA’s words, “total solar eclipses are only possible on Earth due to celestial coincidence.” The Sun is 400 times wider than the Moon, but it is also 400 times farther away.
“That geometry means that when they line up perfectly, the Moon blocks the entire surface of the Sun, creating a total solar eclipse,” adds NASA.
ANNULAR ECLIPSE
When the Moon is further away from the Earth and is “smaller”, it does not completely cover the surface of the Sun. Then, a ring of Sun is generated around the Moon, an event called an annular solar eclipse.
Analogous to what happens during a total solar eclipse, during this phenomenon a “fringe of annularity” is generated in which the eclipse is seen as a ring. On both sides of said trajectory, in turn, a bias zone is generated.
HYBRID ECLIPSE
Beamín explains that the hybrid eclipse is a phenomenon that occurs “when the Moon is just at the distance where it would be able to cover the Sun completely, but, as it progresses, it moves slightly away from the Earth and stops eclipsing the Sun. becoming an annular eclipse.
He continues: “It can also start as an annular eclipse and then get a little closer to become a total eclipse.” These eclipses constitute only 4% of solar eclipses, according to the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC).
WHAT IS A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN AND WHY IT HAPPENS
A solar eclipse is the phenomenon by which the light of the Sun is totally or partially hidden by interposing a star between the Sun and the observer. In solar eclipses seen from Earth, the star that hides the Sun is the Moon.
