A hybrid
solar eclipse will occur on Thursday, April 20, 2023. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's
apparent diameter
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is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. A hybrid solar eclipse is a rare type of solar eclipse that changes its appearance as the Moon's shadow moves across the earth's surface. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Hybrid solar eclipses are extremely rare with only 3.1% of solar eclipses in the 21st century, hybrid eclipses.
Totality for this eclipse will be visible in the
North West Cape
North West Cape is a peninsula in the north-west of Western Australia. Cape Range runs down the spine of the peninsula and Ningaloo Reef runs along the western edge. It is in the Gascoyne region and includes the town of Exmouth.
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peninsula and
Barrow Island Barrow Island may refer to:
* Barrow Island (Western Australia), Australia
* Barrow Island (Queensland), Australia
* Barrow Island, Barrow-in-Furness
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in Western Australia, eastern parts of
East Timor
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, as well as
Damar Island
Damer, or Damar, ( id, Pulau Damer) is a small volcanic island in the Barat Daya Islands group in Indonesia's Maluku province, on the southern side of the Banda Sea. It is flanked by four smaller islands - one to the east, one to the west and tw ...
and parts of the province of
Papua in Indonesia.
Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 2023 Apr 20
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
It is a hybrid eclipse, with portions of its path near sunrise
Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning. The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon and its accompanying atmospheric effects.
Terminology
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and sunset as annular.
Images
Animated path
Related eclipses
Tzolkinex
* Preceded: Solar eclipse of March 8-9, 2016
* Followed: Solar eclipse of June 1, 2030
Half-Saros cycle
* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2014
* Followed: Lunar eclipse of April 25, 2032
Tritos
* Preceded: Solar eclipse of May 20-21, 2012
* Followed: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034
A total solar eclipse will occur on March 20, 2034. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon ...
Solar Saros 129
* Preceded: Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005
* Followed: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2041
Inex
* Preceded: Solar eclipse of May 10, 1994
An annular solar eclipse occurred at the moon's descending node of the orbit on Tuesday, May 10, 1994. It was visible over a wide swath of North America, from Baja California across the Midwest of the United States up through Ontario and Nova Scot ...
* Followed: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2052
Triad
* Preceded: Solar eclipse of June 19, 1936
left, Astronomers in Turkey observing the 1936 eclipse
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node on June 19, 1936 (June 18, 1936 east of the International Date Line). A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth a ...
* Followed: Solar eclipse of February 18-19, 2110
Eclipses of 2023
* A hybrid solar eclipse on April 20.
* A penumbral lunar eclipse on May 5.
* An annular solar eclipse on October 14.
* A partial lunar eclipse on October 28.
Solar eclipses of 2022–2025
Saros 129
Inex series
Tritos series
Metonic series
References
External links
Hybrid solar eclipses
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