Is there a total solar eclipse on 20 12?

The total solar eclipse in October 20 12110 is the second and only total solar eclipse on October 2012. The solar eclipse began on the day of UTC 19: 37: 58 and ended at 0: 45: 36 the next day. It is the second total solar eclipse that can be seen in the southern part of the earth. The longest total solar eclipse can reach 4 minutes and 2 seconds, about 1300 km northeast of chatham islands.

The cause of total solar eclipse

The volume of the sun is 400 times larger than that of the moon, but as it happens, the distance between the moon and the earth is 390 times closer than that of the sun, and the difference between them will cancel each other out, making the moon and the sun look almost the same size.

It takes 27.3 days for the moon to go around the earth once, and it passes between the earth and the sun. This stage is called the new moon. And every time the moon passes by, the new moon may block the sun.

Most of the time, the moon only blocks a small part of the upper or lower part of the sun. But if the two completely overlap, the shadow of the moon will completely block the sunlight from shining on the earth, and the shadow will become a total solar eclipse.

Refer to the above? Baidu Encyclopedia-2012165438+10/0/3 solar eclipse