India to witness Partial Solar Eclipse on January 26
New Delhi: An annular Solar Eclipse will occur on January 26. The partial phase of the eclipse will be visible from the southern part of India, all places in eastern coast, most of north east India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. In general, the partial phases of this annular eclipse are visible from southern Africa, Northwestern Antarctica, Australia, Southeast Asia and Indonesia. Considering the Earth as a whole, the eclipse will begin at 10:27 hrs Indian Standard Time (IST) when the shadow of the moon first touches the Earth at local sunrise at a point in the South Atlantic Ocean close to Namibia in South of African continent. The eclipse will ends at 16:31 hrs IST when the Moon's shadow finally leaves the Earth at local sunset at a point very close to south of Cambodia in the South China Sea. The annular phase will begin in the South Atlantic Ocean at 11:36 hrs IST. The annular path passes through south of African continent, curving to the north east, the path c...