The partial solar eclipse will peak at 1:17 p.m. in Montreal, while 17.1% of the sun’s surface will be obscured, the study said Montreal Planetarium.
“The phenomenon will end at 2:23:50 p.m.,” it said.
Accordingly Planetarium data, Abitibi-Témiscamingue will be the region most affected by the partial solar eclipse. At around 1:07 p.m., about 20% of the area in the towns of Amos, Val-d’Or, Rouyn-Noranda and Témiscaming will be covered.
A partial solar eclipse, also called an annular eclipse, occurs when the Moon, Earth and Sun are aligned on the same axis, but the natural satellite does not completely cover the Sun.
This phenomenon will be a foretaste of the total solar eclipse that will hit southern Quebec on April 8, 2024 – a “very important astronomical” event, mentions the planetarium. “Only less than 1% of the Earth’s population could experience the total solar eclipse where they live.”
The Astronomical Society of the Montreal Planetarium mentions that we will have to wait about 181 years before we see something like this again in the province, “because the next total solar eclipse that will be visible in Quebec will be on July 17, 2205.”
However, the next annular solar eclipse visible in Quebec will occur on July 23, 2093. A total solar eclipse will also be 95% visible in Quebec on May 3, 2106.