What types of solar eclipse are there?
• Total Eclipse. A total eclipse occurs when the Moon completely obscures the Sun. The disk of the sun is replaced, instead, by an outline of the moon. The Corona, a much fainter outline of the sun, is only visible. This occurs when the Moon is relatively close to Earth. • Annular Eclipse. When the Sun and Moon are exactly in line but the moon is relatively further from the Earth – i.e. it’s apparent size is smaller than that of the Sun. This causes the effect that the Sun appears as a very bright ring, or annulus, around the moon. • Hybrid Eclipse. A hybrid eclipse is a cross between a total and annular eclipse. From some parts of Earth, the eclipse is total and in others it is Annular. Hybrid eclipses are quite rare and short in duration. • Partial Eclipse. When the moon and sun are not exactly in line, the moon only partially obscures the Sun. Outside of the path of totality, partial eclipses are visible from a large expanse of the earth. However, some eclipses are only ever partial
