21st June 2020 Annual Solar Eclipse

  

Solar Eclipse Timing in India and Complete details of Solar Eclipse are listed below :

 

               First Solar Eclipse of 2020 occur on June 21st, In Many Time Zones, this eclipse will take place on same day as June solstice. The June Solstice is the summer solstice in the Northern hemisphere and the Winter Solstice in the southern hemisphere.

Solar Eclipse :

                          A Solar Eclipse happen when , the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth. Sometimes the moon only blocks part of the sun's light. This is called partial solar eclipse. Other times , the moon blocks all the sun's light . This is called a total solar eclipse. As the moon blocks the sun's light, it casts a shadow on part of the earth. The moon's shadow creates a path as earth  rotates. This path is called the path of totality. In that path, the moon completely blocks the sun's light for a few minutes. It gets so dark that it looks like night time during a full moon! This total darkness can also be kind of cool for scientists who study the sun's atmosphere, called the corona.

Annual Solar Eclipse Timing :

                      This Solar eclipse also known as June Solstice can be seen in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India is on 

Sunday, 21 June 2020, Begins at 9:12am and ends around 3pm. This Solar eclipse should not be seen without glasses. This solar eclipse is more powerful than other eclipse , if you saw this eclipse without glasses it may affect your eyes sometimes it leads to loss of vision. The only other time an annual solar eclipse coincides with the June Solstice in this century is on June 21, 2039