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Annular Eclipse of the Sun May 31 2003
New Delhi: May 21, 2003

On the 31st of May 2003, an annular eclipse of the Sun will be visible from many regions in the Northern Hemisphere. This is a Solar Eclipse, but, is slightly different from a Total Solar Eclipse. The difference lies in the fact that at this instant the Moon is at a slightly longer distance from the Earth compared to the times of a total Solar Eclipse – therefore the disk of the Moon is not able to completely eclipse the disk of the Sun – at the time of the maximum eclipse – an outer ring of the Sun remains visible.

Total Solar Eclipse

This eclipse, therefore does not have phenomenon like the Diamond Ring or the Shadow bands associated with it. The map below shows the regions on the World map from which the eclipse will be visible.

Shadow Bands - Diamond Ring

The maximum phase of the eclipse can be viewed only from parts of Greenland and Iceland – the region shown in Red. Other regions enclosed in the red contours, in the map above can view only partial phases of the eclipse. India lies at the very edge of the visibility region and can view less than 20 percent of the eclipse.

Partial Phase of the Annular Solar Eclipse will be visible from the northern part of India in a belt from Gujrat to Uttar Pradesh. The local circumstances for some of the cities is given in the following Table.

All Times are given in Indian Standard Time

Cities Eclipse Begins Greatest Phase Eclipse Ends
Ahmedabad 7:36 7:52 8:07
Agra 7:42 8:00 8:18
Alwar 7:36 8:00 8:25
Amritsar 7:30 8:08 8:48
Bikaner 7:29 8:00 8:34
Chandigarh 7:33 8:07 8:42
Delhi 7:36 8:03 8:30
Dwarka 7:28 7:50 8:13
GangaNagar 7:29 8:04 8:42
Hardwar 7:37 8:05 8:35
Jaipur 7:36 7:59 8:23
Jodhpur 7:30 7:57 8:26
Mt Abu 7:32 7:54 8:17
Patiala 7:33 8:06 8:40
Rajkot 7:33 7:50 8:08
Simla 7:34 8:07 8:43
Srinagar 7:30 8:13 8:59
Udaipur 7:35 7:54 8:14


From Delhi, a very small portion of the Sun’s disk will appear eclipsed – as demarcated in the figure below –

Sun Disk

Daytime Viewing of Venus Occultation May 29 2003

Venus Occultation

There will be an occultation of Venus visible from India, on the 29th of May. However, this will be a daytime event and will need some skill or equipment to view this event. Venus will move behind the thin crescent Moon and reappear from behind the other limb – at the following times, as seen from various cities in India.

Place Disappearance Reappearance
Agra 8 40 45 9 24 26
Bangalore 7 43 15 9 14 47
Mumbai 8 05 8 9 03 58
Kolkata 8 20 53 10 04 47
Delhi 8 56 12 9 12 01
Hyderabad 7 57 39 9 23 58
Indore 8 19 45 9 16 53
Jaipur 8 46 56 9 08 23
Lucknow 8 34 53 9 40 04
Nainital 8 41 30 9 28 54
Nanded 8 03 45 9 21 51
Pune 8 02 31 9 08 13
Udaipur 8 37 17 9 00 08


For further Information mail to Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi at planetdl@bol.net.in or call 23014504,23012994

Press Release by: Dr. N. Rathnasree, Director, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
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