<p><strong>Solar Eclipse 2022:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The second partial solar eclipse of the year will occur on October 25. It will be visible from western Asia, northern Africa, most regions of Europe, the Middle East, and the regions covering the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Indian Ocean. The solar eclipse will begin in India before sunset and will be visible from most places. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For people in India, the partial solar eclipse will begin at around 2:28 pm IST. </span></p> <h2><span style="color: #e67e23;"><strong>What is a partial solar eclipse?</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon comes between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on Earth, or partially blocking the Sun's light in some areas, according to NASA. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During a partial solar eclipse, the Moon and the Sun are not perfectly aligned in a straight line. Therefore, the Moon does not completely cover the Sun. This gives the Sun a crescent shape. It appears as though the Moon has taken a bite of the Sun. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Moon casts only the outer part of its shadow, called the penumbra, on Earth.</span></p> <h2><span style="color: #e67e23;"><strong>When and how to watch the partial solar eclipse online</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The partial solar eclipse will begin on October 25 at around 2:28 pm IST and end at around 6:32 pm IST, for people in India. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The maximum eclipse phase is the one during which the eclipse reaches its maximum magnitude. During this phase, 0.6396 per cent of the Sun will be eclipsed. On October 25, the maximum eclipse will occur at around 4:30 pm IST, according to timeanddate.com.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">People can watch the solar eclipse online on the official website of the <a title="Virtual Telescope Project" href="https://ift.tt/NzB4wrm" target="_self">Virtual Telescope Project</a>. The eclipse will be streamed live from Rome, Italy. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One can also watch the livestream of the partial solar eclipse on the official YouTube channels of Royal Observatory Greenwich and timeanddate.com.</span></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2FKh2xLo4Ek" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p> </p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0sx_vuKEGlY" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also, timeanddate.com will start a <a title="live blog" href="https://ift.tt/EDzUYFM" target="_self">live blog</a> on October 25, which will provide live updates of the eclipse. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An <a title="interactive Google map" href="https://ift.tt/8ps1KLR" target="_self">interactive Google map</a> of the eclipse can be viewed on eclipsewise.com. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An <a title="orthographic map" href="https://ift.tt/1TGA4zP" target="_self">orthographic map</a> which denotes the visibility for the partial solar eclipse can also be viewed on eclipsewise.com.</span></p> <h2><span style="color: #e67e23;"><strong>Where will the solar eclipse be visible in India?</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the north-western parts of India, the Moon will obscure approximately 40 to 50 per cent of the Sun at that time of maximum eclipse. The obscuration of the Sun will be less than 40 to 50 per cent in other regions of the country. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The partial solar eclipse will not be seen from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and some regions of Northeast India, including Aizawl, Dibrugarh, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima, Sivasagar, Silchar, and Tamelong, among others, according to the Ministry of Earth Science. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For people living in Delhi, the Moon will appear to obscure 44 per cent of the Sun. Meanwhile, for people in Mumbai, the obscuration of the Sun by the Moon will be 24 per cent. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The duration of the eclipse for people living in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata will be one hour 13 minutes, one hour 19 minutes, 31 minutes, and 12 minutes, respectively. </span></p> <h2><span style="color: #e67e23;"><strong>Phases Of A Partial Solar Eclipse</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A partial solar eclipse has three distinct phases, namely, the beginning of the partial solar eclipse, maximum eclipse phase, and end of the partial solar eclipse.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The partial solar eclipse begins when the Moon starts moving over the Sun's disk. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The maximum eclipse phase is the one during which the eclipse reaches its maximum magnitude because the Moon covers more of the Sun's disk than at any other moment during the eclipse. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The partial solar eclipse ends when the Moon stops covering the Sun. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to earthsky.org, a partial solar eclipse occurs 4.7 days before the Moon reaches apogee, which is its farthest point from Earth. The Sun is in front of the constellation Aries, during a partial solar eclipse. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Solar eclipses occur two to five times a year, and can happen only during New Moon. This is because the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth during that phase. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, not every New Moon results in a solar eclipse, according to timeanddate.com. This is because the plane of the Moon's orbital path around Earth is inclined at an angle of approximately 5° to the planet's orbital plane around the Sun, called the ecliptic. The points where the two orbital planes meet are called lunar nodes, and solar eclipses occur only when a New Moon takes place near a lunar node.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">About 35 per cent of all solar eclipses are partial solar eclipses, which means that they occur more frequently than total or annular solar eclipses, according to timeanddate.com. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The partial eclipse was followed by a lunar eclipse on May 16, 2022. Both the eclipses occurred during the same eclipse season, which is an approximately 35-day period during which it is inevitable for at least two eclipses to take place. Sometimes, three eclipses can occur during the same season. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A total of two eclipses have occurred so far this year. These include one solar eclipse and one lunar eclipse.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The partial solar eclipse occurring on October 25 is the last solar eclipse of the year. The next solar eclipse will not be visible from India until August 2, 2027. Though this will be a total solar eclipse, it will appear like a partial solar eclipse to people in India. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The last solar eclipse of the year will be followed by a lunar eclipse on November 7 and 8. This will be the last eclipse of the year.</span></p>
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