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“Hatched on the Annular Solar Eclipse (June 21, 2020): Ring of Fire Eclipse.”.
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The annular eclipse behind the statue of dragon on a temple in Budai, Taiwan on June 21, 2020 Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2020/06/eclipse/613354/


An annular solar eclipse – now often called a "ring of fire eclipse" – where the “fire” is really the sun’s brilliant surface, shining behind the moon in the far part of its orbit around Earth. Like a total solar eclipse, an annular solar eclipse happens when the new moon (when the Sun and Moon are aligned, with the Sun and Earth on opposite sides of the Moon) moves directly in front of the sun. During a total solar eclipse, the new moon completely covers over the solar disk. During an annular solar eclipse, the lunar disk is too small to totally cover over the sun, so an annulus (in this case the thin ring of the sun’s surface) surrounds the new moon silhouette. The annular solar eclipse is one of only 2 solar eclipses happening in 2020.


The annular solar eclipse began at 12:47 a.m. ET (4:47 UTC) on June 21 and crossed a slim path that started at sunrise in Africa and eventually moved across to China before ending at sunset over the Pacific Ocean. It peaked at 2:40 a.m. ET (6:40 UTC) and ended around 4:32 a.m. ET (8:32 UTC). The partial solar eclipse began at 11:45 p.m. ET (3:45 UTC) on June 20 and ended at 5:34 a.m. ET (9:34 UTC) on June 21.