Annular Solar Eclipse of 2012 Event Cache
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Annular Solar Eclipse of 2012
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
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!!!Annular Solar Eclipse!!!
Sunday, May 20th, 2012
This event is dedicated to all those skyward focused Cachers in the area. Stand up and be amazed!!! You all know who you are...why look forward when up is what it is all about!!!
All cachers are welcome to join...we can all enjoy the view from here and share some stories we experienced since the last event!!!
Date: Sunday, May 20th, 2012
Time: 18:00:00 (6:00pm for the rest of us)
-lasting until whenever...at the very least through sunset
Location: Elba Fire Tower Overlook
The Elba Fire Tower trail has many, many....many stairs, so plan accordingly...the event is at the top of the trail!!! Hence the higher than normal terrain rating for an event!!! We will meet at the parking lot and begin our journey to the top at the above time...giving us an hour and twenty minutes to reach the top and regain or breaths and allow those that want to travel all the way to the top of the tower for the view time to do that as well...the rest of us can remain on top of the hill...below the tower with both feet firmly planted on soil!!!
An Annular Solar Eclipse will take place on May 20, 2012, with a calculated magnitude of 0.9439 (locally...it will be a magnitude .67 with 58% coverage of the sun). From our basic knowledge obtained during our "waking" times in school, 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, causing the sun to look like an annulus (or ring for those of us-ok...me-with a limited vocabulary), blocking most of the Sun's light. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a large region.
Location Specific Details for the Eclipse:
Start of Partial Eclipse: May 20th - 19:20 (7:20pm)
- Altitude of Sun: 11.3 Degrees
- Azimuth of Sun: 287.3 Degrees
Mid Eclipse: May 20th - 20:20 (8:20pm)
- Altitude of Sun: 1.3 Degrees
- Azimuth of Sun: 297.4 Degrees
Sunset: 20:33 (8:33pm)
End of Partial Eclipse: May 20th - 21:15 (9:15pm)
- Altitude of Sun: -7 Degrees (sun has set)
- Azimuth of Sun: 307.3 Degrees
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