An annular solar eclipse occurred on Thursday, June 10, 2021, when the Moon passed between Earth and the

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, thereby partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. During the eclipse, the Moon's

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was smaller than the Sun's, so it caused the Sun to look like an

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. The annular eclipse was visible from parts of northeastern Canada, Greenland, the

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(passing over the

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), and the Russian Far East, whilst the eclipse appeared partial from a region thousands of kilometres wide, which included northeastern North America, most of Europe, and northern

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Path

The annular eclipse started at 09:55 UTC for 3 minutes 37 seconds along the northern shore of

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in Ontario, Canada. The path of the antumbral shadow then headed across Hudson Bay through northwestern Quebec and the

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in Nunavut, where the town of Iqaluit saw 3 minutes and 5 seconds of annularity. After this, it then travelled across

Baffin Bay Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; kl, Avannaata Imaa; french: Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arctic ...

and along the northwestern coast of Greenland, where the point of greatest eclipse occurred at 10:41 UTC in

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for 3 minutes 51 seconds. The shadow then crossed Ellesmere Island and the

, passing over the

(which was located away from the central line of the eclipse but saw 2 minutes and 36 seconds of annularity), before heading south towards northeastern Siberia, where the city of

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saw 3 minutes and 35 seconds of annularity at 11:27 UTC. Shortly afterwards, the central line of the annular eclipse ended at 11:29 UTC.

Gallery

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, Netherlands, 10:30 UTC File:Partial solar eclipse through clouds in Tuntorp 10.jpg,

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, Finland, 11:00 UTC File:Solar Eclipse IMG 4790 (51239925855).jpg,

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, Shetland, 11:04 UTC File:Затмение 10 июня 2021 из Пискарёвского парка (cropped).jpg,

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, Russia, 11:27 UTC, Coronado telescope File:Solar eclipse in Novosibirsk on June 10, 2021.webm, Timelapse-video from

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, Russia

Related eclipses

Other eclipses in 2021

* A total lunar eclipse on May 26. * A partial lunar eclipse on November 19. * A total solar eclipse on December 4.

Tzolkinex

* Preceded:

Solar eclipse of April 29, 2014 An annular solar eclipse occurred on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs w ...

* Followed:

Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028 A total solar eclipse will occur on Saturday, July 22, 2028. The central line of the path of the eclipse will cross the Australian continent from the Kimberley region in the north west and continue in a south-easterly direction through Western A ...

Half-saros cycle

* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of June 4, 2012 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of June 15, 2030

Tritos

* Preceded: Solar eclipse of July 11, 2010 * Followed: Solar eclipse of May 9, 2032

Triad

* Preceded:

Solar eclipse of August 10, 1934 An annular solar eclipse occurred on August 10, 1934, with an eclipse magnitude of 0.9436. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An a ...

* Followed: Solar eclipse of April 11, 2108

Solar eclipses of 2018–2021

Saros 147

Inex series

In the 19th century: * Solar saros 140: total solar eclipse of October 29, 1818 * Solar saros 141: annular solar eclipse of October 9, 1847 * Solar saros 142: total solar eclipse of September 17, 1876 In the 22nd century: * Solar Saros 150: Partial solar eclipse of April 11, 2108 * Solar Saros 151: Annular solar eclwssipse of March 21, 2137 * Solar Saros 152: Total solar eclipse of March 2, 2166 * Solar Saros 153: Annular solar eclipse of February 10, 2195 0ü000ü

Metonic series

References

External links

solar-eclipse.de: ''The annular solar eclipse of 06/10/2021''

Photo of annular eclipse
from

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