Question by Shockster: How far is the range for a total eclipse?
I live in the USA, and I'm eagerly waiting the 2017 solar eclipse which will be the first to pass through the USA in a long time. I'm not sure i'll be able to travel then even though I will be long graduated from college by then, so I was wondering:
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2017_GoogleMapFull.html
That's the path for the eclipse, and full totality is in Kentucky. I live in the suburbs of DC, so will I be able to see a partial eclipse even though it's very far?
Best answer:
Answer by lindajuneThe width of the track of a central eclipse varies according to the relative apparent diameters of the Sun and Moon. In the most favourable circumstances, when a total eclipse occurs very close to perigee, the track can be over 250 km wide and the duration of totality may be over 7 minutes.
For the eclipse in 2017, a partial eclipse will be visible over all of North America (including DC), as well as northern South America and western Europe and Africa.
For DC, the partial eclipse will start around 17:30 UT on Aug 21 (you'll have to convert the time to your local time).
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
How far is the range for a total eclipse?
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