Hybrid Solar Eclipse: Everything you need to know about the first solar eclipse 2023 hybrid

A hybrid solar eclipse, a rare astronomical event, will be seen by the whole planet on Thursday. When both a total eclipse and the annular solar eclipse take place at the same time. When the moon moves in front of the Sun and the Earth, it creates an eclipse by throwing a shadow across the planet’s surface. Here is all the information you require on today’s hybrid solar eclipse.

1. What is a hybrid solar eclipse exactly?

A hybrid solar eclipse is a rare type of eclipse that occurs only a few times per century. According to NASA, the curvature of our globe causes hybrid eclipses to change from annular to the total.

2. How does it differ from complete eclipse and why?

A total eclipse occurs when the moon entirely obscures the sun. On the other hand, an annular eclipse is when the moon obscures the sun but appears smaller, leaving the outline of a solar ring. The rare hybrid eclipse occurs when both of these occurrences take place at the same time.

3. From where can it be seen?

Observers in Australia and parts of southeast Asia will be able to see a hybrid solar eclipse on April 20 when it crosses the Indian and Pacific Oceans, according to NASA. Unfortunately, India won’t be able to see the hybrid solar eclipse.

4. When Should I View the Solar Eclipse?

The eclipse will be visible in Western Australia from 10:29 pm to 10:35 pm EDT on April 19 (2:29 to 2:35 GMT, April 20), in East Timor from 11:19 pm to 11:22 pm EDT on April 19 (3:19 to 3:22 GMT, April 20) and in Indonesia from 11:23 pm to 11:58 pm EDT on April 19 (3:23 to 3:58 GMT, April 20)

5. When will there be another solar eclipse?

The next annular solar eclipse will take place in 2031, and the following eclipse will be observed in India on August 2, 2027 (not viewable in Odisha).