The last solar eclipse of 2024 has started today.

Axar.az was informed about this by the Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory named after N. Tusi of the Ministry of Science and Education.

The solar eclipse will begin at 19:42 Baku time and will end at 01:47. The maximum of the eclipse corresponds to 22:45. The maximum eclipse will last 7 minutes and 24 seconds.

This eclipse is an annular solar eclipse. An annular eclipse occurs when the Moon is at apogee (maximum distance from Earth) and near points. At this time, the visible size of the Moon's disk is reduced, so it cannot completely cover the Sun, and a thin ring of light remains on the edge of the Moon's disk.

Although the eclipse mainly falls in the Pacific Ocean, it also covers South America, southern North America, the Atlantic Ocean and Antarctica. It is possible to observe the annular eclipse from Chile and Argentina.

It should be noted that the eclipse event is not observed from Azerbaijan.