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    Vikshita Vitthal Gujaran in News

    11-Oct-2022 08:59 AM


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    Partial solar eclipse on October 25 will be visible from most parts of India

    Solar eclipse During the Diwali festival on October 25, there will be a partial solar eclipse which will be visible from the city as well as from most parts of the country, astrophysicist Debi Prasad Duari said.
    The eastern metropolis, however, will be able to witness the partial solar eclipse, the second in 2022, for a very small duration, the celestial phenomenon will be better observed in the northern and western regions of the country, he said.
    ''Even at the maximum eclipse, only 4 per cent of the lighted disc of the setting Sun will be covered by the Moon,'' he said.
    ''In New Delhi, it will commence at around 16:29 hours and end with the sunset at 18:09 hours with the maximum eclipse to occur at 17:42 hours when the Sun will be obscured by the Moon by an amount of only 24.5 per cent,'' Duari said.
    when the disc of the Sun will be obscured by 42.5 per cent.
    Chennai will have the eclipse during 17:14 to 17:44 hours, the astrophysicist said.

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