The Earth will witness a rare phenomenon on Thursday when the moon will come between the Sun and the Earth casting momentarily darkness over various parts of the world. To be precise, many countries of the world will witness Solar Eclipse 2023 on April 20, 2023, as the Sun, Moon, and Earth will align together. Although the Solar Eclipse occurs once in 18 months in one part of the world or the other, the 2023 Solar Eclipse is a rare one as it will be a hybrid one. It means the solar eclipse on Thursday will be a hybrid as it will neither be a partial solar eclipse nor a total solar eclipse, instead, it will be a mix of the two. Now, the question arises what are the placers whether the Hybrid Solar Eclipse 2023 will occur and when people around the world will be able to watch them? To know the answer continue reading-
Hybrid Solar Eclipse 2023: when and where to watch
The Hybrid Solar Eclipse will occur on April 20 and will begin at 10:04 am and will reach its maximum point at 11:30 am. While the eclipse will last for over two hours, the totality, when the Sun is fully covered, will last for less than a minute. According to time and date, the hybrid eclipse will be visible in several parts of Australia on Thursday. The path of the solar eclipse does not pass through India and will be visible in some parts of South/East Asia, Australia, the Pacific, the Indian Ocean, and Antarctica. The totality of the eclipse will be visible in Exmouth in Western Australia.
List of major cities where 2023 Solar Eclipse will be visible-
* Amsterdam Island - French Southern Territories
* Port-aux-Francais - French Southern Territories, France
* Perth - Western Australia, Australia
* Jakarta - Jakarta Special Capital Region, Indonesia
* Makassar - South Sulawesi, Indonesia
* Dili - Timor-Leste
* Darwin - Northern Territory, Australia
* General Santos - Philippines
* Manokwari - West Papua, Indonesia
* Port Moresby - Papua New Guinea
* Ngerulmud - Palau
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* Honiara - Solomon Islands
* Hagåtña - Guam
* Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
* Baker Island - US Minor Outlying Islands
* Palikir - Pohnpei, Micronesia
* Funafuti - Tuvalu
* Yaren - Nauru
* Tarawa - Kiribati
* Majuro - Marshall Islands
What is a hybrid solar eclipse?
A hybrid solar eclipse occurs when the moon is positioned at a distance from the Earth, causing it to appear smaller in the sky compared to the sun. When the moon passes in front of the sun during a hybrid solar eclipse, its size is just right to cover the entire solar disk, creating a perfect annular or ring-like shape around the moon's dark silhouette. This is what makes it an annular eclipse. However, as the moon's shadow travels along the Earth's surface, it narrows down to a point where it touches the Earth, resulting in a total eclipse. This means that for observers located within a specific region on the Earth's surface, the sun is completely obscured, and the sky is plunged into darkness for a brief period, typically lasting only a few minutes.