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Graph of solar eclipses

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Total Eclipse

The shadow cone ( Umbra ) reaches the Earth.

Eclipse Annular

The shadow cone ( Umbra ) points at the Earth but fails to touch it.

Partial eclipse

The shadow cone ( Umbra ) does not point to the Earth but the Penumbra touches it.
The Moon The Sun Ecliptic The Earth UmbraPenumbraAntumbra 2
1 What the eclipse looks like from 2

Notes:

  1. There is a Sun's eclipse when the Moon is at New Moon and it "is near" the Ecliptic.
  2. The Ecliptic is the ellipse that describes the apparent movement of the Sun seen from the Earth.
    Its name means: "Place where eclipses occur".
  3. Credits of the graph:
    ╸Technologies: SVG and CSS.
    ╸© wdisseny.

Other dynamic charts:

  1. Solar radiation
  2. Earth orbit

Links:

  1. The next eclipse will be onOctober 2,2024.
  2. Lunar calendar may 2024
  3. Full moon 2024
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