Rare Black Moon solar eclipse takes bite out of sun over South America

A time-lapse shows a partial solar eclipse.

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The first partial eclipse of the year took place in parts of the Southern Hemisphere.

The partial solar eclipse of April 30 swept over parts of South America, as well as the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The solar eclipse began at a specific time. There is a coast near the coast of Antarctica in the far southeastern Pacific. It ended at 6:37 p.m. According to TimeandDate.com, the sun set while still partially eclipsed over the south Atlantic Ocean.

There is a solar eclipse when the moon passes between the sun and Earth. A partial eclipse is when only a small part of the sun is obscured by the moon. At 4:41 p.m., the maximum eclipse occurred. When the moon blocked most of the sun's disk for viewers just south of the southern tip of South America, it happened today.

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Unfortunately for skywatchers, today's eclipse took place over largely unpopulated regions in the southeastern Pacific Ocean and the Antarctic, as well as over some South American countries.

Thanks to online broadcasts from Timeanddate.com, viewers in the U.S. and other areas outside the eclipse path were able to watch the event live.

The second new moon of the month, known as a Black Moon, happened to coincide with the eclipse. When the Earth-facing side of the moon is completely obscured in shadow, a new moon occurs only once a month. April started with a new moon on April 1 and ended with a second today.

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There will be a partial solar eclipse on October 25, when the moon will block a portion of the sun for viewers in Europe, western Asia and northeast Africa. We won't see another solar eclipse until 2023. A total lunar eclipse will occur on May 15.

If you want to learn how to photograph a solar eclipse, you should check out our best cameras for Astrophotography and best lens for Astrophotography.

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