People of Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and a few other areas in the Peninsular and Northeast India will witness a total solar eclipse on Wednesday morning.
After about three and a half years, the moon’s shadow will be blocking about 12 percent of the sun in Hyderabad.
The Solar Eclipse will also be visible over Visakhapatnam. Unfortunately, the eclipse is only partially visible in India. On the other hand, the Pacific will be fortunate enough to witness a total eclipse.
The eclipse will be completely absent from West and Northwest India, which means Delhiites and Mumbaikars will not be able to see the rare phenomenon.
The residents of Port Blair will be able to see the eclipse for the maximum duration. Here, the moon will block 49 percent of the sun, darkening the island capital for quite some time. East and Northeast India will also not miss the eclipse.
While the city of joy, Kolkata will see 18.5 percent of the sun obscured, the moon will block 24.5 percent of the sun in Bhubaneswar. Guwahati, Patna, and a few other cities in the region will also be able to see the solar eclipse if the residents can rise with the sun.
The next solar eclipse can be only seen on December 26 in the year 2019. The upcoming eclipse has occurred after four long years. The last celestial phenomenon was observed on January 4 in the year 2011, which was only visible in a few parts of North India.
The occurrence of a solar eclipse takes place when the moon partially or totally obscures the sun while passing between the Earth and the sun.
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