solar eclipse -NASA
April 5 () –
A total solar eclipse will sweep across North America on Monday, April 8, an event that has generated great scientific and also citizen expectation.
The first place on land to experience the totality stage of the solar eclipse, in which the moon covers 100% of the solar disk, will be Mazatlan in Sinaloa, Mexicoand totality will begin at 17:17 UTC (11:07 local time).
Solar eclipses occur somewhere in the world about every year and a half, but in this case It will travel in a northeasterly direction through densely populated areasstarting in the interior of Mexico, the south and east of the United States and the southeast of Canada until leaving through Newfoundland at 19:43 UTC (17:13 local time). The total darkness time will exceed 4 minutes in some locations. The phenomenon can be seen as a partial eclipse in practically all of North America and the North Atlantic.
Only in the United States, More than 31 million residents of 15 states, from Texas to Maine, will have a front-row seat to witness the moment when the Moon covers the brilliant disk of the Sun, turning day into night for a brief moment. There will not be another solar eclipse crossing the United States until 2045.
A solar eclipse occurs When the moon is placed between the sun and the Earth and casts a shadow on our planet. During a total solar eclipse, in locations within the path of totality (the 185-kilometer-wide path across North America), observers will be able to see the moon cover 100% of the solar disk.
NASA will use the event to launch sounding rockets and high-altitude aircraft to conduct research on aspects of the Sun and Earth that are only possible during an eclipse. It will also broadcast the event live
