Solar eclipse of June 21, 2020

Solar eclipse of June 21, 2020
classification
Type	Ring-shaped
area	Africa , Southeastern Europe , Asia Annular: Central Africa , South Asia , China , Pacific
Saros cycle	137 (36 of 70)
Gamma value	0.1210
Greatest eclipse
Duration	38 seconds
place	North india
location	30 ° 32 '  N , 79 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 30 ° 32 '  N , 79 ° 41'  E
time	June 21, 2020 6:39:59   UT
size	0.9940

The annular solar eclipse of June 21, 2020 was mainly seen in Asia and Africa , in its partial phase it could also be observed from Southeast Europe .

The duration of the ring-shaped phase in the middle of the eclipse was only 38 seconds and was therefore very short. This was due to the fact that the apparent diameter of the moon was only slightly smaller than that of the sun , the eclipse was almost total at the time of the greatest occultation, so the edge visible from the sun around the moon was very narrow.

The maximum of the eclipse occurred in the Nanda Devi National Park in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand .

Web links

Commons : Solar eclipse of June 21, 2020  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• solar-eclipse.de: The ring-shaped solar eclipse from June 21st, 2020
• NASA: Annular Solar Eclipse of 2020 Jun 21
• NASA: Google Maps and Solar Eclipse Paths: 2001–2020
• NASA: Solar Eclipses of Saros 137