Kolkata, October 21, 2022

 

The last solar eclipse of 2022 will start in the afternoon of October 25 and will continue after sunset. It will be visible in most parts of India and several other countries. In the national capital, Delhi (the eclipse will begin at 4:29 pm IST), and commercial capital, Mumbai (eclipse will begin at 4:49 pm IST), the percentage coverage of the Sun by the Moon at the time of the maximum eclipse will be around 44 % and 24 %, respectively.

The duration of the eclipse (from the beginning up to sunset time) will be 1 hr 13 min and 1 hr 19 min for both Delhi and Mumbai, respectively.

In Kolkata (eclipse will begin at 4:52 pm IST) and Chennai (eclipse will begin at 5:14 pm IST), the duration of the solar eclipse from the beginning up to sunset time will be 31 min and 12 min, respectively.

On this occasion, popular talk by Dr. S. Krishna Prasad, Assistant Professor, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, will be telecast on the Birla Industrial and technological Museum (BITM) YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/c4wgAA8KyiE, from 3:00 pm.

Guided by Prof. Shibu Mathew, from the Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO), Rajasthan, this partial eclipse of the Sun, live - streamed from USO, Physical Research Laboratory, will also be telecast by BITM, Kolkata at https://youtu.be/qjwUh4jJdl0, from 4:00 pm.

The next Partial Solar Eclipse will occur on March 29, 2025.

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