Today’s solar eclipse in Pakistan: All you want to know

By Monis B Ali On Dec 25, 2019

Sun eclipse in Pakistan 26 December 2019

Today’s sun eclipse in Pakistan would see last swathes of the country plunge into complete darkness as moon blocks the sun completely

Karachi: The Met Office on Wednesday issued a statement regarding the solar eclipse that happens today (Thursday).

According to the statement, apart from Pakistan the celestial phenomenon would be visible in Eastern Europe, much of Asia, North and West Australia, Eastern Africa, Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean.

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An Annular Solar Eclipse over New Mexico Image Credit & Copyright: Colleen Pinski Explanation: What is this person doing? In 2012 an annular eclipse of the Sun was visible over a narrow path that crossed the northern Pacific Ocean and several western US states. In an annular solar eclipse, the Moon is too far from the Earth to block out the entire Sun, leaving the Sun peeking out over the Moon's disk in a ring of fire. To capture this unusual solar event, an industrious photographer drove from Arizona to New Mexico to find just the right vista. After setting up and just as the eclipsed Sun was setting over a ridge about 0.5 kilometers away, a person unknowingly walked right into the shot. Although grateful for the unexpected human element, the photographer never learned the identity of the silhouetted interloper. It appears likely, though, that the person is holding a circular device that would enable them to get their own view of the eclipse. The shot was taken at sunset on 2012 May 20 at 7:36 pm local time from a park near Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Tomorrow another annular solar eclipse will become visible, this time along a thin path starting in Saudi Arabia and going through southern India, Singapore, and Guam. However, almost all of Asia with a clear sky will be able to see, tomorrow, at the least, a partial solar eclipse.

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The statement also carried complete details of the solar eclipse’s timing and magnitude in major Pakistani cities.

The cities included Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar,Lahore, Quetta, Gilgit and Muzaffarabad (Azad Kashmir).

Here is the statement: