An annular
solar eclipse will occur on Monday, November 15, 2077 with a magnitude of 0.9371. A
solar eclipse occurs when the
Moon passes between
Earth and the
Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's
apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an
annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. The path of annularity will cross North America and South America. This will be the 47th solar eclipse of
Saros cycle 134. A small annular eclipse will cover only 94% of the Sun in a very broad path, 262 km wide at maximum, and will last 7 minutes and 54 seconds. Occurring only 4 days after apogee (Apogee on Thursday, November 11, 2077), the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller.