When is the next solar eclipse supposed to happen?
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Partial Solar Eclipse of March 19
The first solar eclipse of 2007 occurs at the Moon's ascending node in Pisces and is visible from eastern Asia and parts of northern Alaska (Figure 2). Greatest eclipse [1] takes place at 02:31:56 UT when the eclipse magnitude [2] will reach 0.8754. The penumbral contact times with Earth are listed below.
Partial Eclipse Begins:00:38:26 UT
Partial Eclipse Ends:04:25:00 UT
Local circumstances for a number of cities within the zone of partial eclipse are given in Universal Time in Table 2. The Sun's altitude and azimuth, the eclipse magnitude and obscuration[3] are all given at the instant of local maximum eclipse.
This event is the 20th partial eclipse of Saros series 149. After one more partial eclipse, the series will produce its first total solar eclipse on 2043 Apr 09.
when the sun, moon, and earth is aligned.
They are listed by NASA. In 2007:
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/oh...
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The next total solar eclipse (when the new moon blocked out the sun totally) occurs August 1, 2008 in the Arctic, Russia, ending in China.
The one after that takes place in China July 22, 2009
There is one on Easter Island in 2010.
The next one in the US is August 21, 2017 (this solar eclipse is just in the US!)
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