The first of two solar eclipses to occur in 2021 will take place on June 10. Weather permitting, the “ring of fire” eclipse will provide a dramatic show for skywatchers in the northeastern U.S. as well as those in parts of Canada, Greenland, Europe and Asia.
People just off the eclipse’s direct path will see a partial eclipse. In New York, Philadelphia and Toronto, our star will look like a pair of horns protruding from the horizon, while people in Montreal and Boston will see something resembling a shark’s fin—as if the moon had taken a bite out of the sun, according to the Great American Eclipse website.
Solar eclipses occur when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. Annular solar eclipses are those occurring when the moon is at or near the most distant point in its elliptical orbit around Earth. Since the moon is farther away then, it appears smaller and doesn’t fully block the sun. Total solar eclipses occur when the moon is closer and appears large enough to fully block the sun.
. The moon was at its closest point to Earth during that eclipse and thus appeared a bit bigger than usual—a supermoon. But by June 8, the moon had reached its most distant point in its orbit around Earth, said Jackie Faherty, an astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
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