A total hybrid or annular solar eclipse will take place on Thursday, April 20an astronomical event that typically occurs only once every ten years because of the specifics it must meet.
Solar eclipses are classified into three types:
Total: It happens when the observer sees that the moon completely covers the sun’s disk.
Partially: It occurs when the moon covers only part of the solar disk.
Cancel: It occurs when the observer sees that the lunar disk does not cover the solar disk, even though their centers are properly aligned. The reason is that the moon is farther from Earth that day than it would be in the case of a total solar eclipse. the lunar disk will appear smaller than the solar disk and there will also be a bright ring around the lunar disk.
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The National Polytechnic School’s Quito Astronomical Observatory indicates that there are an average of two or three solar eclipses per year. However, a hybrid eclipse is a rare event as it occurs a few times per century. and that it conforms to the characteristics of a central solar eclipse, which may be annular in some places and total in others.
If the Sun and Moon are almost exactly the same size as seen from Earth, the Moon may not completely cover the Sun at either end of its path (annular), but it may cover half (full). This is what is known as a total annular or hybrid solar eclipse.
The observatory indicates that the phenomenon arises because the earth is curved. As the Moon’s distance approaches its limit in the shadow, the phenomenon is encouraged to have the characteristics of other more common solar eclipses. The annular eclipse becomes partial and vice versa.
Where can you see it from?
In Ecuador you will not be able to appreciate this astronomical event.
Most of the time the eclipse lasts will occur over the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. In fact, the beginning and the end (annular eclipse) will occur over the sea. Meanwhile, the entire phase can be seen from Australia’s western peninsula, East Timor and some Indonesian islands.
Specifically, it can be seen in its mixed or hybrid form at Indonesia, Australia and Papua New Guinea. On the other hand, it will be seen as partial in Southeast Asia, Australia, the Philippines and New Zealand.
The shadow will have a range of between 80 and 280 kilometers when the Moon achieves perfect alignment between the Earth and the Sun.
Source: Eluniverso
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