If you're ready to see the only total solar eclipse of the 21st century on Saturday, you're either a research scientist, a well-heeled tourist or a penguin.
The prime location for the total phase is in the southern part of the world. The partial phase begins at 2 a.m. The nearly two-minute totality phase starts at 2:33 a.m. The eclipse ends at 3:06 a.m. According to NASA.
If you can't make it in person, NASA will broadcast the eclipse from Union Glacier and the other locations. The stream begins at 1:30 a.m. The totality begins at 2:44 a.m. The stream ends at 3:37 a.m. The time is 0837 GMT.
If you live in a region where the solar eclipse may be visible, we have a guide on how to photograph it safely. We have a guide for the best cameras for Astrophotography and the best lens for Astrophotography to prepare for the next solar eclipse.
There is a total solar eclipse on December 4.
As the new moon passes across the sun and causes a small shadow on the face of the Earth, it was the best place to be for the solar eclipse.
Tourists who caught scheduled eclipse flights at a price of thousands of dollars a seat, and the estimated summer population of 40 at the National Science Foundation's Palmer Station are some of the luckiest humans to see the total eclipse.
The southernmost regions of Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and South Africa will see the partial phase of the eclipse.
There is a timetable for the solar eclipse.
There is a location.
A partial eclipse begins.
The eclipse was the maximum.
The partial eclipse is over.
The sun is covered.
The Palmer Station is in the South Pole.
3:34 a.m.
4:30 a.m.
4:30 a.m.
There was a 95 percent success rate.
The Emperor Point is in the South Pole.
3:44 a.m.
4:30 a.m.
4:30 a.m.
100%
There is a city in Australia.
The time is 7:44 p.m.
The time is 8:12 p.m.
Below the horizon.
2%
South Africa's Cape Town.
7:44 a.m.
8:19 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
12%
Cabo Kempe is in Argentina.
Below the horizon.
4:30 a.m.
4:30 a.m.
25%
Make sure to use precautions if you are within reach of the eclipse, either partial or total. You will need glasses for the eclipse. Even with UV protection, eyeglasses won't protect you. The safest way to observe an eclipse is indirectly, using a camera that you can make at home.
If you can't catch the eclipse in person, you can catch it online on April 20, 2023. According to NASA's eclipse site, that total eclipse will pass over southern and eastern Asia.
The path of the solar eclipse in December of 2021 will take it across Antarctica. Fred Espenak is a NASA scientist.
Space.com's readers would like to see your solar eclipse photo, so send it to spacephotos@space.com with your name and location.
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