Solar eclipse of June 21, 2020 facts for kids

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Solar eclipse of 21 June 2020 in Beigang, Yunlin, Taiwan

The eclipse pictured in Taiwan on June 21

An annular solar eclipse occurred on June 21, 2020. Annularity (the time that the sun looked like a ring) lasted thirty-eight seconds.

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Background
Visibility
Images for kids
See also

Background

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring).

This solar eclipse occurred one lunar year after the July 2, 2019 eclipse.

Visibility

The central path of this annular eclipse passed through parts of Central and Eastern Africa, including Congo Republic, DR Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti; the southern Arabian Peninsula, including Yemen, Oman, and southern Saudi Arabia; parts of South Asia and the Himalayas, including southern Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, and Tibet; parts of East Asia, including South China and Taiwan, and part of Micronesia, including Guam.

Images for kids

The effect of the solar eclipse (moon shadow) on Terra satellite image In this photo, the shadow of the moon has fallen over Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. date: 2020-06-21
Partial from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 4:53 UTC
Partial from Sana'a, Yemen, 5:09 UTC
Eclipse progression from Tehran, Iran
Partial from Gyumri, Armenia, 5:45 UTC
Partial from Colombo, Sri Lanka, 5:48 UTC
Partial from Lahore, Pakistan, 6:49 UTC
Partial from Kathmandu, Nepal, 6:51 UTC
Partial from Irkutsk, Russia, ~7:22 UTC
Partial from Bacoor, the Philippines, 7:31 UTC
Partial from Kolkata, India, 7:42 UTC
Telescopic view from Chennai, India
Partial from Beijing, China, 7:51 UTC
Partial from Jinan, China, 7:56 UTC
Partial from Tai'an, China, 7:57 UTC
Partial from Gandara, Samar, Philippines, 8:01 UTC
Partial from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 8:05 UTC
Partial from Yau Tong, Hong Kong, 8:08 UTC
Partial from Taichung, Taiwan, 8:09 UTC
Partial from Pangkalpinang, Indonesia, 8:10 UTC
Xiamen, China, 8:11 UTC
Time-lapse image of the eclipse in Xiamen, China
Partial from Fukuoka, Japan, 8:12 UTC
Chiayi, Taiwan, 8:13 UTC
Partial from Hsinchu, Taiwan, 8:18 UTC
Partial from Surabaya, Indonesia, 8:22 UTC
Partial from San Jose del Monte, Philippines, 8:23 UTC
Eclipse progression from Oria, Italy
The Moon's antumbra, as seen from the ISS
Eclipse progression at the annular stage, seen from Minxiong, Chiayi County, Taiwan

See also

In Spanish: Eclipse solar del 21 de junio de 2020 para niños

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