What the records say
- When
- 26 Feb 2017
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 34.68° S, 31.18° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Solar eclipse of February 26, 2017.
Summary
An annular solar eclipse is visible from Pacific, Chile, Argentina, Atlantic, Africa. It is the 29th eclipse of the 140th saros cycle (descending node), which started with a partial solar eclipse visible in the Southern Hemisphere on April 16, 1512, and will conclude with another partial solar eclipse visible in the Northern Hemisphere on June 1, 2774.
Solar eclipse of February 26, 2017
2017 annular solar eclipse in South America and Africa
An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, February 26, 2017, with a magnitude of 0.9922. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.
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