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ShareThe solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 is an annular eclipse of the Sun. The eclipse starts at Uganda, passes through Nairobi, enters Indian ocean where the greatest eclipse is taking place in mid of Ocean for a maximum of 11 Mins and 7.7 seconds

Sri Lanka and India simultaneously will be the first Asian lands [...]

The solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 is an annular eclipse of the Sun. The eclipse starts at Uganda, passes through Nairobi, enters Indian ocean where the greatest eclipse is taking place in mid of Ocean for a maximum of 11 Mins and 7.7 seconds.


Sri Lanka and India simultaneously will be the first Asian lands that are kissed by the eclipse. The moon will cover the sun’s disc during the millennium’s longest annular solar eclipse. Last time when India saw this ‘Ring of Fire’ was on Nov 22, 1965, and it will not be witnessed again before June 21, 2020.



The maximum duration of the eclipse would be 11 minutes 08 seconds over the Indian Ocean, thus making it the longest annular eclipse of the millennium.



People in southern parts of the country will be lucky to see the heavenly sight of ‘Ring of Fire’. In India, the eclipse will start around 11 a.m. and end around 3:15 p.m. Delhi will see the partial phase of this solar eclipse. It will start at 11:53 a.m. and end at 3:11 p.m.



An eclipse of the Sun or solar eclipse can only occur at New Moon when the Moon passes between Earth and Sun. If the Moon’s shadow falls upon Earth’s surface, we see some portion of the Sun’s disk covered or ‘eclipsed’ by the Moon.













After leaving Africa, the path crosses the Indian Ocean where the maximum duration of annularity reaches 11 minutes 8 seconds. The central path then continues into Asia through Bangladesh, India, Burma and China.











Solar Eclipse 2010 Update. It’s been 10 years since we have the last solar eclipse and now this January 15, 2010 we will be having one of the longest Solar.

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