FOG BLOG ATSTRONOMICAL LOG: PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN THIS MORNING IN THE MARITIMES:

We looked to the eastern sky as the Sun rose, Thursday morning, wearing your eclipse glasses at the time, however, so that you could take in the fantastic sight of the Moon passing in front of the Sun. You would have had to watch this at around 6 am for about an hour and a half!

The last major astronomical event for Spring 2021 is the June 10 annular solar eclipse. As the Sun, Moon, and Earth line up for this event, the Moon's shadow will sweep across Earth's surface. It will follow a path that starts in Northern Ontario, passes across Nunavut and the Arctic Ocean to end in Siberia.

The unusual path of this eclipse is not the only thing that sets it apart. Because the Moon is near its farthest distance from Earth during the event, even at maximum, at the point of greatest eclipse, it will not completely block the Sun in a total solar eclipse. Instead, the Moon's disk will leave a 'ring of fire' around it, as it covers most of the Sun. This is known as an annular solar eclipse.

However, for most people watching, including nearly all from Canada, they will see this as only a partial eclipse.