2020ASE

Annular Solar Eclipse
2020 June 21

The 2020 annular eclipse came in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and most eclipse travellers were obliged to stay home. A pity, too, as this was a very narrow annular eclipse and promised some exciting views of beads and chromosphere.

Map of the track of the 2020 annular eclipse

 

Global view of the 2020 annular eclipse

Animation of the passage of the lunar shadow created in WinEclipse, a program developed by the late Heinz Scsibrany.

A view of the eclipse shadow over India from the EPIC camera on the DSCOVR satellite. Image: NASA.

 

A view of the approaching eclipse shadow from Himawari 8. The shadow is just visible along the western limb.

 

A view from Himawari 8 as the shadow crosses China. Image: JAXA
INSAT 3D false-colour view of the approaching eclipse shadow. The shadow is the dark blue area over the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, near the left edge of the image. Image: ISRO/IMD

A view of the eclipse shadow from the ISS. Image: NASA.

 

A view of the 2020 annular eclipse from the Moon as seen by the Chinese satellite Longjiang-2. Image: © Harbin Institute of Technology.

A view of the eclipse shadow acquired from the DSCOVR satellite in orbit at one of the Earth’s Lagrangian points, about 1.6 million kilometers distant. From this vantage point, the satellite looks down on a “noon-time” view while the planet rotates below. Images: NASA.

A view of the oncoming eclipse shadow from the Himawari 8 geostationary satellite. Image: National Institute of Information and Communications

Fengyun 2G animation of the eclipse shadow. Only a limited number of images are available. Source: CMA/SSEC UW-Madison

Fengyun 2H animation of the eclipse shadow. Images: CMA/NMSA

Updated: January 2021
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