Rumors of a long solar eclipse of 6 minutes and 23 seconds to occur on August 2 have stormed the canvas, and yet, it is not worth taking out your protective glasses right away: here is what you really have to expect.
When will the eclipse take place?
This long solar eclipse of 6 minutes and 23 seconds – announced as the longest in 100 years – will indeed take place on August 2 … 2027.
Fans of these spatial phenomena will have to take their pain in patience for two years before attending the longest total solar eclipse expected during our century.
It was not clear where the confusion surrounding the date was born, but several publications omitting the year continued to circulate on social networks on Tuesday, while several international media bodies were trying to rectify the shooting, it was able to observe.
The longest eclipse of this century?
Previously, the last eclipse to have lasted so long had taken place in 1991, and the next one will not occur before the year 2114, reported “The Independent”.
In comparison, the eclipse of April 2024 had only lasted 4 minutes and 28 seconds.
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According to data calculated by NASA and reported by “Live Science”, the longest total eclipse to date would have occurred on June 15, 743 BC. AD in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Kenya and Somalia in Africa, and had lasted 7 minutes and 28 seconds.
Where will the long eclipse take place?
The long eclipse scheduled for August 2027 will throw part of Africa, Europe, the Middle East, West and South Asia.
Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia are the countries that will mostly know the dark when the moon will line up between the sun and the earth.
Those who will not be directly below the trajectory of the total eclipse will nevertheless be able to observe a partial eclipse on August 2, 2027, which should be visible from Quebec, according to “The Independent”.
Another total eclipse at the schedule
But, in the meantime, another total eclipse, much shorter, will pass closer to the beautiful province on August 12, 2026.
The latter is expected to touch North America, West Africa and Europe, and throw in the dark the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland and Spain, for 2 minutes and 18 seconds.
