Timeline for Is it possible to watch both annular and total eclipse at the same place?
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| Jan 8, 2023 at 8:43 | comment | added | longtry | Here's my napkin calc. Assuming a long totality of 2mins, that translates to 50km of 'gain' for a person at the equator looking at sunrise/set. That corresponds to ~0.13% change in angle in apparent diameter. So at best, a totality will change to/from just a few tiny Bailey beads. Yet it could mean a 50-fold change in brightness! | |
| Jan 7, 2023 at 17:08 | comment | added | James K | But even then the moon is moving transversely at over 2000 mph, I think the transverse motion always "wins" | |
| Jan 7, 2023 at 16:50 | comment | added | Greg Miller | I think one case to consider is an observer viewing an eclipse at sunrise/sunset. At the equator, that person would be moving about 1000Mph towards or away from the moon. I think it's conceivable an observer could move from a distance of annularity to totality. I doubt there's an eclipse where this actually happens though. | |
| Jan 7, 2023 at 16:36 | history | answered | James K | CC BY-SA 4.0 |