Havana, April 30.- Today is the first partial solar eclipse of the year. at 8:42 p.m. (local time), which according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will allow the view of a “black moon”.
The event will take the form of a bite, covering about 64 percent of the sun. The phenomenon can be observed before and during sunset from some locations in “South America, Antarctica and the Pacific and Southern Oceans”. https://platform.twitter.com/embed
“As it sets in the west on the evening of April 30, for those with clear skies, the sun will become partial over Chile, Argentina, most of Uruguay, western Paraguay, southwest Bolivia, southeast Peru and a small area of southwestern Brazil appear darkened,” he specified.
From a regional perspective, sightings can occur from areas of the South Pacific, the Antarctic Ocean, the northwest coast of Antarctica, the Atlantic Ocean off the southeast coast of South America, and the Falkland Islands.
According to the SpaceX website Black moons occur approximately every 29 months and it is the second new moon in a single calendar month.
A partial eclipse occurs when the moon and sun are not perfectly aligned. Therefore, the first does not completely cover the star, but visually gives it an arc shape.
NASA insists viewers must wear “solar or eclipse glasses” to witness without harming their health.
The next partial eclipse of 2022 will be visible on October 25 from Europe, West Asia and Northeast Africa.
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