In India, obscuration of the Sun by the Moon at the time of greatest phase of partial eclipse will be around 15% in Agartala, 24.5% in Bhubaneswar, 11% in Guwahati, 18.5% in Kolkata, 12% in Patna, 49% in Port Blair and 12% in Silchar. However, that doesn’t mean you’ll miss out.
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Although it’s not as cool as a total solar eclipse, we will get to see 33.1 percent of the sun’s diameter covered by the moon at the peak of the eclipse. It will start in Indonesia and end in the northern Pacific.
Of course, there are other eclipses that will occur between now and then.
Angry gods: In Ancient Greece, a solar eclipse was seen as a sign that the gods were angry and thought to be an omen of bad things to come. The second shadow is called the penumbra which becomes larger as it reaches the Earth.
A total solar eclipse may grace our skies in 2017, something that hasn’t happened since 1979.
According to Tech Times, the first upcoming noteworthy date for celestial events will be March 8, when Jupiter will be at Opposition, its closest approach to Earth. “People along the path of totality – which is over 8,800 miles long, but only 97 miles wide at the widest point – will have the opportunity to see the solar corona only while the sun’s face is totally covered by the moon”. Though the Sun is many times bigger than the moon, 400 times to put it in numbers, it appears to be the same size as that of the moon in the kay.
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Hinduism: In Hindu mythology, the serpent demons Rahu and Ketu are believed to cause eclipses by swallowing the sun, sucking away the light that gives life. However, the entire eclipse will only be visible in the middle of the ocean. These are very rare. Most of the United States will be able to see the eclipse at moonset, and the western half of the United States should be able to see most of the eclipse.
