A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for an observer on Earth.

It occurs when the Moon’s apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun’s, blocking most of the sunlight and making the Sun look like a ring.

Astronomers detail that apart from Easter Island and a small portion near the southern ends of Argentina and Chile and north of the Falkland Islands, the path of the eclipse’s antumbra will be entirely over the Pacific Ocean.

The penumbra will be visible from southern South America, Hawaii, the southwesternmost parts of Mexico (more specifically, Baja California del Sur and Jalisco) and portions of Antarctica.

They also state that approximately 175 thousand people live in the path of the annularity. The magnitude of the eclipse will be 0.93261, occurring only 56 minutes before apogee.

In their recommendations for observers, astronomers warn that looking directly at the Sun may cause damage to the eyes, even when most of it is covered.

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