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Posted On: 03/15/2015 8:49:57 AM
Spring Arrives With A Solar Blackout!
For the first time since November 3, 2013, the Moon will completely cover the disk of the Sun on March 20, resulting in a total solar eclipse.
The dark umbral shadow cone of the Moon will trace a curved path primarily over the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, beginning off the southern tip in Greenland and then winding its way counterclockwise to the northeast passing between Iceland and the United Kingdom.
The shadow will then pass over the Danish-owned Faroe Islands, the sparsely inhabited Norwegian island group of Svalbard, and then hook counterclockwise toward the northwest where it leaves the Earth’s surface just short of the North Pole.
The point of greatest eclipse occurs north of the Faroes, in the Norwegian Sea. By the standards of most eclipses, the Moon’s shadow projected onto the Earth’s surface for this event will resemble a huge ellipse of darkness measuring about 287 miles long by 93 miles wide. These unusual dimensions can be attributed in part to the fact that about 13½ hours earlier, the Moon will arrive at that point in its orbit closest to Earth (called perigee), 222,192 miles away. And because the shadow is passing over the Arctic, it is striking the Earth at a very oblique angle, resulting in its elliptical shape.
For the first time since November 3, 2013, the Moon will completely cover the disk of the Sun on March 20, resulting in a total solar eclipse.
The dark umbral shadow cone of the Moon will trace a curved path primarily over the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, beginning off the southern tip in Greenland and then winding its way counterclockwise to the northeast passing between Iceland and the United Kingdom.
The shadow will then pass over the Danish-owned Faroe Islands, the sparsely inhabited Norwegian island group of Svalbard, and then hook counterclockwise toward the northwest where it leaves the Earth’s surface just short of the North Pole.
The point of greatest eclipse occurs north of the Faroes, in the Norwegian Sea. By the standards of most eclipses, the Moon’s shadow projected onto the Earth’s surface for this event will resemble a huge ellipse of darkness measuring about 287 miles long by 93 miles wide. These unusual dimensions can be attributed in part to the fact that about 13½ hours earlier, the Moon will arrive at that point in its orbit closest to Earth (called perigee), 222,192 miles away. And because the shadow is passing over the Arctic, it is striking the Earth at a very oblique angle, resulting in its elliptical shape.
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