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| About the Upcoming Eclipse |
This annular eclipse will begin at 05:53, Japan Standard Time (20:53 GMT) north of Sulawesi (Celebes) Island in Indonesia, passing over the Sangihe Islands, the Talaud Islands, and Palau. In this area, sunrise will be the time when most of the sun is concealed. The duration of full annularity will be about 1 minute.
The path of annularity (the range in which a full annular eclipse will occur) will reach Tinian and Saipan Islands in the Northern Marianas at 07:10 Japan Standard Time (22:10 GMT). At this time, the sun will be 32° above the horizon, and the duration will be 53 seconds.
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As the eclipse advances across the Pacific, annularity will be visible just before sunset, or 10:32 JST (01:32 GMT), at Cabo Corrientes in Mexico. The duration will be about 1 minute.
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A
partial eclipse will be
visible over a wide area,
with the time of annularity
and percentages of coverage
as follows in major cities:
| Beijing |
06:39 |
0.11 |
| Seoul |
07:37 |
0.27 |
| Tokyo |
07:41 |
0.46 |
| Manila |
06:05 |
0.66 |
| Los
Angeles |
17:22 |
0.77 |
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The next eclipse after this one will be a total eclipse visible from southern Africa (totality [the phase in which the sun is completely hidden]: a little over 1 minute) on December 4, 2002, to Australia, where totality will last about 30 seconds.
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