The annular solar eclipse occurs when the sun, the moon and the earth are in a straight line. The moon comes between the sun and earth, and casts a shadow on Earth, fully or partially blocking the Sun.
Since it’s an annular solar eclipse, the moon will be at the farthest covering the Sun partially and forming a ring of fire.
“In Arunachal Pradesh, people can see, just before the sunset, a minuscule fraction of the sun covered by the moon, that is also very low in the horizon, lasting at the most 3-4 minutes depending upon the position,” PTI quoted Director of M P Birla Planetarium, Debiprasad Duari, as saying.
“On the northern borders, in Ladakh, a sliver of land in the border region can experience the last phase of the partial eclipse, again for a short duration, but relatively at a higher altitude than the eastern part of the country,” he added.
First, the partial eclipse will start at around 11:42 am Indian Standard Time and the annular eclipse will appear to occur from 3:30 pm and will continue up to 4:52 pm, though for different intervals for a particular region, depending upon one’s geographical location.