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Annular Solar Eclipse on Sunday 21 June 2020; Check State-wise Date and Time

An annular solar eclipse will occur on 21 June, 2020 (31 Jyaishtha, 1942 Saka Era). From India annular phase will be visible in the morning from some places within a narrow corridor of northern part of the country (parts of Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttarakhand) and it will be seen as partial solar eclipse from the rest part of the country. Few prominent places within this narrow annularity path are Dehradun, Kurukshetra, Chamoli, Joshimath, Sirsa, Suratgarh etc. In India, the obscuration of the Sun by the Moon at the time of greatest phase of the annular eclipse will be nearly 98.6%.

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An annular solar eclipse will occur on 21 June, 2020 (31 Jyaishtha, 1942 Saka Era). From India annular phase will be visible in the morning from some places within a narrow corridor of northern part of the country (parts of Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttarakhand) and it will be seen as partial solar eclipse from the rest part of the country. Few prominent places within this narrow annularity path are Dehradun, Kurukshetra, Chamoli, Joshimath, Sirsa, Suratgarh etc. In India, the obscuration of the Sun by the Moon at the time of greatest phase of the annular eclipse will be nearly 98.6%.  Obscuration of the Sun by the Moon at the time of greatest phase of partial eclipse will be around 94 percent in Delhi, 80 percent in Guwahati, 78 percent in Patna, 75 percent in Silchar, 66 percent in Kolkata, 62 percent in Mumbai, 37 percent in Bangalore, 34 percent in Chennai, 28 percent in Port Blair etc. 

 

Considering the Earth as a whole the partial phase of the eclipse will begin at 9 h 16 m IST. The annular phase will begin at 10 h 19 m IST. The annular phase will end at 14 h 02 m IST. The partial phase will end at 15h 04 m IST. 

 

The annular path passes through Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Pakistan, northern parts of India and China. The Moon's penumbral shadow produces a partial eclipse, visible in the region covering Africa (except W. and S. parts) S. E. Europe, Asia (except N. and E. Russia) and northern parts of Australia. 

 

A solar eclipse occurs on a new moon day when the Moon comes in between the Earth and the Sun and when all the three objects are aligned. An annular solar eclipse will occur when the angular diameter of the Moon falls short of that of the Sun so that it cannot cover up the latter completely. As a result a ring of the Sun’s disk remains visible around the Moon. 

Eclipsed Sun should not be viewed with the naked eye, even for a very short time. It will cause permanent damage of the eyes leading to blindness even when the moon covers most portion of the Sun. Safe technique to observe the solar eclipse is either by using proper filter like aluminized Mylar, black polymer, welding glass of shade number 14 or by making projection of Sun’s image on a white board by telescope.   

 

 A table relating to local circumstances of some places in India is appended separately for ready reference. 

  

THE ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, 21 JUNE, 2020 

PHASES OF ECLIPSE VISIBLE FROM CERTAIN PLACES OFINDIA 

Places 

Partial 

Eclipse 

Begins 

 (IST) 

Annular 

phase 

Begins 

 (IST) 

Greatest 

Eclipse 

 (IST) 

Magni- 

tude 

Max-imum. 

Obscu-ration 

Annular 

phase 

Ends 

 (IST) 

Partial 

Eclipse 

Ends 

(IST) 

Dura-tion 

of 

Eclipse 

  

h   m 

 h    m 

     h   m 

  

  

  h   m 

h    m 

h   m 

Agartala 

10   56.0 

-   - 

12   45.1 

0.771 

71.1% 

-   - 

14   23.6 

3   28 

Ahmedabad 

10   04.0 

-   - 

11   42.2 

0.823 

77.4% 

-   - 

13   32.2 

3   28 

Aizawl 

11   00.9 

-   - 

12   49.8 

0.770 

70.9% 

-   - 

14   26.7 

3   26 

Allahabad 

10   27.6 

-   - 

12   13.6 

0.831 

78.4% 

-   - 

14   00.6 

3   33 

Amritsar 

10   20.0 

-   - 

11   57.7 

0.935 

91.5% 

-   - 

13   41.6 

3   22 

Bangalore 

10   13.2 

-   - 

11   47.6 

0.473 

36.5% 

-   - 

13   31.5 

3   18 

Bhagalpur 

10   42.4 

-   - 

12   30.9 

0.811 

76.0% 

-   - 

14   13.8 

3   31 

Bhopal 

10   14.7 

-   - 

11   57.4 

0.789 

73.2% 

-   - 

13   47.0 

3   32 

Bhubaneswar 

10   38.3 

-   - 

12   26.1 

0.655 

57.0% 

-   - 

14   09.7 

3   31 

*Chamoli 

10   27.1 

12   08.7 

12   09.1 

0.997 

98.6% 

12   09.4 

13   53.7 

3   27 

Chandigarh 

10   24.4 

-   - 

12   04.5 

0.965 

95.4% 

-   - 

13   48.7 

3   24 

Chennai 

10   22.0 

-   - 

11   58.5 

0.453 

34.4% 

-   - 

13   40.8 

3   19 

Cochin 

10   11.0 

-   - 

11   38.9 

0.396 

28.4% 

-   - 

13   17.7 

3   07 

Cooch Behar 

10   50.5 

-   - 

12   39.0 

0.846 

80.3% 

-   - 

14   19.2 

3   29 

Darjeeling 

10   47.2 

-   - 

12   35.2 

0.868 

83.1% 

-   - 

14   16.3 

3   29 

*Dehradun 

10   24.2 

12   05.0 

12   05.3 

0.996 

98.6% 

12   05.6 

13   50.4 

3   26 

Delhi 

10   20.1 

-   - 

12   01.6 

0.952 

93.7% 

-   - 

13   48.4 

3   28 

Dibrugarh 

11   07.9 

-   - 

12   54.7 

0.896 

86.5% 

-   - 

14   29.1 

3   21 

Dwarka 

9   56.6 

-   - 

11   31.1 

0.840 

79.5% 

-   - 

13   20.1 

3   24 

Gandhinagar 

10   04.3 

-   - 

11   42.6 

0.827 

77.9% 

-   - 

13   32.6 

3   28 

Gangtok 

10   48.3 

-   - 

12   36.2 

0.877 

84.2% 

-   - 

14   17.0 

3   28 

Gaya 

10   36.2 

-   - 

12   24.2 

0.799 

74.4% 

-   - 

14   08.9 

3   33 

Guwahati 

10   57.0 

-   - 

12   45.5 

0.842 

79.8% 

-   - 

14   23.6 

3   27 

Haridwar 

10   24.9 

-   - 

12   06.0 

0.990 

98.6% 

-   - 

13   50.8 

3   26 

Hazaribagh 

10   37.2 

-   - 

12   25.4 

0.774 

71.4% 

-   - 

14   09.9 

3   33 

Hyderabad 

10   15.0 

-   - 

11   55.8 

0.602 

50.8% 

-   - 

13   43.9 

3   29 

Imphal 

11   04.6 

-   - 

12   53.0 

0.804 

75.0% 

-   - 

14   28.7 

3   24 

Itanagar 

11   03.5 

-   - 

12   51.1 

0.879 

84.4% 

-   - 

14   26.9 

3   23 

Jaipur 

10   14.8 

-   - 

11   55.8 

0.908 

88.1% 

-   - 

13   44.2 

3   29 

Jalandhar 

10   22.7 

-   - 

12   01.0 

0.931 

91.0% 

-   - 

13   44.5 

3   22 

Jammu 

10   21.7 

-   - 

11   58.5 

0.904 

87.5% 

-   - 

13   41.2 

3   20 

*Joshimath 

10   27.8 

12   09.5 

12   09.8 

0.997 

98.6% 

12   10.2 

13   54.3 

3   27 

Kannur 

10   06.7 

-   - 

11   37.5 

0.461 

35.2% 

-   - 

13   20.4 

3   14 

Kanyakumari 

10   17.7 

-   - 

11   41.9 

0.329 

21.9% 

-   - 

13   15.3 

2   58 

Kavalur 

10   19.2 

-   - 

11   55.1 

0.458 

34.9% 

-   - 

13   37.9 

3   19 

Kavaratti 

10   00.3 

-   - 

11   28.0 

0.460 

35.1% 

-   - 

13   09.7 

3   09 

indicates annular phase of  eclipse is not visible corresponding to the places where only partial eclipse occurs 

Places where annular phase of eclipse occurs 

THE ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, 21 JUNE, 2020 

PHASES OF ECLIPSE VISIBLE FROM CERTAIN PLACES OFINDIA 

Places 

Partial 

Eclipse 

Begins 

 (IST) 

Annular 

phase 

Begins 

 (IST) 

Greatest 

Eclipse 

 (IST) 

Magni- 

tude 

Max-imum. 

Obscu-ration 

Annular 

phase 

Ends 

 (IST) 

Partial 

Eclipse 

Ends 

(IST) 

Dura-tion 

of 

Eclipse 

  

h   m 

 h    m 

     h   m 

  

  

  h   m 

h    m 

h   m 

Kohima 

11   05.3 

-   - 

12   53.3 

0.835 

78.9% 

-   - 

14   28.8 

3   23 

Kolkata 

10   46.4 

-   - 

12   35.5 

0.725 

65.5% 

-   - 

14   17.0 

3   31 

Kozikode 

10   08.4 

-   - 

11   38.5 

0.439 

32.9% 

-   - 

13   20.2 

3   12 

*Kurukshetra 

10   21.3 

12   01.4 

12   01.8 

0.997 

98.6% 

12   02.1 

13   47.4 

3   26 

Lucknow 

10   26.8 

-   - 

12   11.8 

0.879 

84.4% 

-   - 

13   58.5 

3   32 

Madurai 

10   17.6 

-   - 

11   46.5 

0.377 

26.6% 

-   - 

13   24.3 

3   07 

Mangalore 

10   04.9 

-   - 

11   37.1 

0.498 

39.1% 

-   - 

13   21.8 

3   17 

Mount Abu 

10   05.9 

-   - 

11   44.3 

0.868 

83.0% 

-   - 

13   33.8 

3   28 

Mumbai 

10   00.9 

-   - 

11   37.5 

0.697 

62.1% 

-   - 

13   27.5 

3   27 

Mysore 

10   10.7 

-   - 

11   43.4 

0.461 

35.2% 

-   - 

13   26.5 

3   16 

Nagpur 

10   17.9 

-   - 

12   01.6 

0.711 

63.7% 

-   - 

13   50.7 

3   33 

Nasik 

10   03.8 

-   - 

11   42.0 

0.720 

64.8% 

-   - 

13   32.3 

3   29 

Panaji 

10   03.3 

-   - 

11   38.8 

0.589 

49.3% 

-   - 

13   26.9 

3   24 

Patna 

10   37.1 

-   - 

12   24.9 

0.825 

77.7% 

-   - 

14   09.3 

3   32 

Pondicherry 

10   21.7 

-   - 

11   56.0 

0.423 

31.2% 

-   - 

13   36.7 

3   15 

Port Blair 

11   15.6 

-   - 

12   53.4 

0.393 

28.1% 

-   - 

14   18.8 

3   03 

Pune 

10   03.0 

-   - 

11   40.5 

0.675 

59.5% 

-   - 

13   30.3   

3   27 

Puri 

10   38.3 

-   - 

12   26.0 

0.641 

55.4% 

-   - 

14   09.3 

3   31 

Raipur 

10   25.1 

-   - 

12   10.9 

0.699 

62.3% 

-   - 

13   58.4 

3   33 

Rajkot 

9   59.6 

-   - 

11   35.8 

0.819 

77.0% 

-   - 

13   25.5 

3   26 

Ranchi 

10   36.8 

-   - 

12   25.0 

0.753 

68.8% 

-   - 

14   09.6 

3   33 

Sambalpur 

10   32.2 

-   - 

12   19.6 

0.697 

62.1% 

-   - 

14   05.3 

3   33 

Shillong 

10   58.0 

-   - 

12   46.6 

0.826 

77.8% 

-   - 

14   24.5 

3   27 

Shimla 

10   23.5 

-   - 

12   03.4 

0.967 

95.6% 

-   - 

13   47.9 

3   24 

Silchar 

11   01.0 

-   - 

12   49.7 

0.803 

74.9% 

-   - 

14   26.6 

3   26 

Siliguri 

10   47.3 

-   - 

12   35.5 

0.856 

81.6% 

-   - 

14   16.7 

3   29 

*Sirsa 

10   16.9 

11   55.9 

11   56.1 

0.996 

98.6% 

11   56.6 

13   42.3 

3   25 

Srinagar 

10   24.2 

-   - 

11   59.7 

0.861 

82.2% 

-   - 

13   40.6 

3   16 

*Suratgarh 

10   14.5 

11   52.5 

11   52.9 

0.998 

98.6% 

11   53.3 

13   39.2 

3   25 

Thiruvanantapuram 

10   15.1 

-   - 

11   40.0 

0.346 

23.5% 

-   - 

13   14.9 

3   00 

Udaipur 

10   07.8 

-   - 

11   47.2 

0.858 

81.8% 

-   - 

13   36.8 

3   29 

Ujjain 

10   10.9 

-   - 

11   52.1 

0.798 

74.3% 

-   - 

13   42.2 

3   31 

Vadodara 

10   04.6 

-   - 

11   43.2 

0.795 

73.9% 

-   - 

13   33.5 

3   29 

Varanasi 

10   31.0 

-   - 

12   17.8 

0.821 

77.2% 

-   - 

14   04.0 

3   33 

 indicates annular phase of  eclipse is not visible corresponding to the places where only partial eclipse occurs 

Places where annular phase of eclipse occurs 

ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE, 21  JUNE,  2020 

LOCAL CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO SOME OF THE PLACES FROM WHERE ANNULAR PHASE IS VISIBLE 

Places 

Annular 

phase 

Begins 

(IST) 

Greatest 

Eclipse 

(IST) 

Max-imum. 

Obscu-ration 

Annular 

phase 

Ends 

(IST) 

Duration of Annularity 

  

h    m 

        h      m 

  

        h      m 

m   s 

Chamoli 

12   08.7 

12   09.1 

98.6% 

12   09.4 

0   38 

Dehradun 

12   05.0 

12   05.3 

98.6% 

12   05.6 

0   31 

Joshimath 

12   09.5 

12   09.8 

98.6% 

12   10.2 

0   39 

Kurukshetra 

12   01.4 

12   01.8 

98.6% 

12   02.1 

0   39 

Sirsa 

11   55.9 

11   56.1 

98.6% 

11   56.4 

0   36 

Suratgarh 

11   52.5 

11   52.9 

98.6% 

11   53.3 

0   45 

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