This occurs near a new moon when the moon is between sun in some parts of the world. It was a total eclipse in some parts of the country, while it was partial in other parts. The eclipse was viewable for 10.4 min in India. At approximately 13:20 IST, the annular solar eclipse entered India at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and exited India at Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region thousands of kilometers wide. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon’s apparent diameter is smaller than the sun, causing the sun to look like an annulus/ring, blocking most of the sun’s light. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between earth and the sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring earth’s view of the sun. The solar eclipse of this day was an annular eclipse of the sun with a magnitude of 0.9190. Eclipse was observed in India on 15 th January, 2010.
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