Solar eclipse of June 10, 2002
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An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Monday, June 10 and Tuesday, June 11, 2002,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9962. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 6.4 days after apogee (on June 4, 2002, at 14:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.[2]
Solar eclipse of June 10, 2002 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | 0.1993 |
Magnitude | 0.9962 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 23 s (0 min 23 s) |
Coordinates | 34.5°N 178.6°W / 34.5; -178.6 |
Max. width of band | 13 km (8.1 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 23:45:22 |
References | |
Saros | 137 (35 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9513 |
This was the second annular solar eclipse visible over the Pacific Ocean within 6 months.
Annularity was visible in Indonesia, Palau (Kayangel Atoll), and the Northern Mariana Islands on June 11 (Tuesday), and the western tip of Jalisco, Mexico, on June 10 (Monday). A partial eclipse was visible for parts of eastern Asia, northeastern Australia, North America, and Hawaii.
It was partially visible in some areas of the United States; in Ventura, in southern California, some observation stations were set up for public viewing.[3] In Palm Desert, in the Coachella Valley, it was clearly visible, and it "got dark, it got cool, and it got eerie".[4]A "solar eclipse party" in Fresno drew around 400 attendees,[5] and as far north as Napa Valley, dozens of people went outside to watch the eclipse.,[6] and it was visible in Utah.[7] Canada's National Post predicted a "substantial crowd" for Vancouver, despite the eclipse there being less than 60%;[8] even in Victoria, where the eclipse was as low as 30%, dozens attended a show at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.[9]