A Solar Eclipse or Surya Grahan happens when the Moon gets amid Earth and the Sun and blocks the light of the Sun reaching the Earth, and the Moon casts a shadow over Earth. The first solar Eclipse of the year 2020 will fall on 21 June, Sunday. This solar Eclipse on 21 June 2020 is classified as the annular solar Eclipse in which Moon will hide Sun from the middle leaving the outer rim visible and forming a ring of fire in the sky. This will happen as the Moon will away from Earth, which will make its relative size not huge enough to cover the Sun entirely.
The Solar Eclipse are of various kinds name as annular solar Eclipse, partial solar Eclipse, hybrid solar Eclipse and total solar Eclipse. All of these solar Eclipse hides the Sun fully or partially in unique ways. When the Sun is completely hidden by the Moon, a total solar eclipse take place.
Eclipse induce the interest of people since each Eclipse is different and individual get to enjoy a highly different type of view of the Sun and Moon. Particularly the two Eclipse does not look like same there is something special about every Eclipse. The Eclipse has marked day sky watchers. A solar eclipse commonly happens around two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse. Basically, there are two eclipses consecutive. But there have been times that we have seen three eclipses one after the other.
Timing of Solar Eclipse In India
As per the Indian Standard Timing (IST), the annular solar Eclipse of June 2020 will begin at 9:15 am. The full Eclipse will begin from 10:17 am with the maximum Eclipse takes place at 12:10 pm.
The Eclipse begins at one location and ends at another, here is the proper timings of Solar Eclipse (Solar Eclipse) in India:
The first location to view the partial eclipse start: 9:15 am
The first location to view the full eclipse start: 10:17 am
Maximum Eclipse: 12:10 pm
Last location to view the full eclipse end: 2:02 pm
Last location to view the partial eclipse end: 3:04 pm
The annular solar Eclipse on 21 June will first begin for the people of Congo in Africa and progress through South Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the Indian Ocean and Pakistan before entering India. After then, it will move to Tibet, China, Taiwan before ending at the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
How to View Solar Eclipse
The Solar Eclipse are extremely fabulous happenings in nature. We can harmlessly see the lunar Eclipse with our naked eyes. But it is never safe to view at the solar Eclipse with normal eyes. Watching the Solar Eclipse with normal eyes can cause serious damage to the eyes. If you want to see the Solar Eclipse, then view through a special telescope or eclipse goggles to avoid the harmful rays.
In 2020 the total of six Eclipse is expected to occur out of which the two lunar Eclipse already happened in January and June. Third lunar Eclipse of 2020 is expected to happen on 5 July 2020. The second last solar Eclipse of 2020 will happen on 14 December.
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