Solar Eclipse 2017: How to view it in India, check important dates here

You can see a partial eclipse, where the moon covers only a part of the sun, anywhere in North America.

Will the Solar Eclipse 2017 be visible in India on August 21 2017, Monday. This path, where the moon will completely cover the sun and the sun's tenuous atmosphere - the corona - can be seen, will stretch from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. Observers outside this path will still see a partial solar eclipse where the moon covers part of the sun's disk.

Questions have been asked if the Solar Eclipse will be visible in India? While India will not be able to witness it, the rare phenomenon will be visible in India only in 2034. Check out below the list of upcoming solar eclipses and also those which will be visible in India.

Dec 26, 2019:

This solar eclipse will take place in southern India and Sri Lanka. it will also be visible in parts of the Arab peninsula, Sumatra, Malaysia, Singapore, parts of Borneo and Guam.

June 21, 2020:

This one will be visible in northern India, New Delhi, Tibet. It would also be visible in the Horn of Africa, the Arabian peninsula, southern Pakistan, parts of China, Taiwan.

March 20, 2034:

This one would be a total solar eclipse and India will witness this rare phenomenon. It would also be visible in Pakistan, China and parts of Africa and the Middle East.

Watch Solar Eclipse 2017 in India

The Delhi-based Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE, India) will live-stream the upcoming August 21 total solar eclipse on a YouTube channel for the Indian audience.

How long will it be?

This event is a solar eclipse in which the moon passes between the sun and Earth and blocks all or part of the sun for up to about three hours, from beginning to end, as viewed from a given location. For this eclipse, the longest period when the moon completely blocks the sun from any given location along the path will be about two minutes and 40 seconds. The last time the contiguous U.S. saw a total eclipse was in 1979.

When can solar eclipse be seen?

The time would vary depending on your location. Never look at the sun directly without proper protection except during totality. However, there are many ways to safely view an eclipse of the sun including direct viewing - which requires some type of filtering device and indirect viewing where you project an image of the sun onto a screen. Both methods should produce clear images of the partial phase of an eclipse.

Where can you see it

You can see a partial eclipse, where the moon covers only a part of the sun, anywhere in North America. To see a total eclipse, where the moon fully covers the sun for a short few minutes, you must be in the path of totality. The path of totality is a relatively thin ribbon, around 70 miles wide, that will cross the U.S. from West to East. The first point of contact will be at Lincoln Beach, Oregon at 9:05 a.m. PDT. Totality begins there at 10:16 a.m. PDT. Over the next hour and a half, it will cross through Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and North and South Carolina. The total eclipse will end near Charleston, South Carolina at 2:48 p.m. EDT. From there the lunar shadow leaves the United States at 4:09 EDT. Its longest duration will be near Carbondale, Illinois, where the sun will be completely covered for two minutes and 40 seconds.

Who can and how to see the Solar Eclipse 2017

Everyone in North America plus parts of South America, Africa, and Europe will see at least a partial solar eclipse, while the thin path of totality will pass through portions of 14 states. You could check out this interactive eclipse map from NASA to see the solar eclipse 2017.

Check map here

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