When the sun disappears from view marks the moments when SDO’s vision is blocked by the movement of the Earth, eclipsing the entire star. Penumbral lunar eclipse will follow in March 23, annular solar eclipse in September 1, and another penumbral lunar eclipse in September 23. Or, hey, maybe this is the flawless excuse to take that trip to Guam you keep putting off. After all, the next total solar eclipse isn’t coming until August 21st, 2017.
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According to the U.S. space agency, totality will end in between one and a half to just more than four minutes at every location, though over three hours will pass between the time the westernmost location witnesses the eclipse start and when the easternmost location will see the end of the eclipse.
The Moon will pass in front of the Sun, casting its shadow over much of Southeast Asia on 9 March 2016 UT.
Once the eclipse has reached its fullness, Jaeggli said “the surroundings will take on a twilight case, even though it’s daytime and the sky is still blue”.
It’s only within the umbra, that small black oval in the center of the animations above and below, that the Moon will completely block the Sun for several minutes. “This is because the distance between the SDO spacecraft and the sun varies over time”. Aside from some regions of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, the affected locations are not heavily resided by humans. No longer a wide-eyed noob when it comes to staring down the Sun, the satellite has yielded fascinating discoveries and gorgeous visuals of our beloved parent star since it set up shop in geostationary orbit on February 11, 2010.
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Total solar eclipse gives the viewers the perception that the sun, moon and earth are of same sizes although the sun is 400 times larger than the moon. Even when 99 percent of the sun’s surface is obscured by the moon, the unobscured sliver of the sun’s surface can damage the eyes. You should never look at the sun directly.
