What will the annular solar eclipse be like?
The researcher at the Astronomy Institute of the UNAM, José Franco explained to the General Directorate of Social Communication of this university that the peculiarity of an annular eclipse is that the moon does not cover the entire solar disk, which generates the peculiar ring shape around it that gives its name to this astronomical phenomenon.
Date and time of the solar eclipse
On Saturday, October 14, 2023, the annular solar eclipse will travel through North, Central and South America. In addition, it will be visible in parts of the United States and Mexico.
In the US, the annular solar eclipse will begin in Oregon at 9:13 a.m. Pacific Time and end in Texas at 12:03 p.m. Central Time.
Schedules and in which states of Mexico the eclipse will be seen
The also called Great Mexican Eclipse can be fully visualized in Quintana Roo, Yucatán and Campeche, In other entities there will be different percentages.
“It will arrive in Mexico through Campeche, at approximately 10:45 (local time), and from there it will continue south through Calakmul and part of Quintana Roo and Belize. Later it will do so through Central America, Brazil and end in the Atlantic,” explained UNAM specialist José Franco.
Aguascalientes
Start: 09:29 hours
Maximum: 10:59 hrs
Darkening: 67.8%
Mexicali, Baja California
Start: 08:09 hrs
Maximum: 09:28 hrs
Darkening: 71%
Campeche
Start: 09:45 hrs
Maximum: 11:22 hrs
Darkening: 90.5%
Chihuahua
Start: 09:18 hrs
Maximum: 10:43 hrs
Darkening: 77.1%
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
Start: 09:47 hrs
Maximum: 11:26 hrs
Darkening: 79.4%
Mexico City
Start: 09:36 hrs
Maximum: 11:09 hrs
Darkening: 70%
Saltillo Coahuila
Start: 09:25 hrs
Maximum: 10:55 hrs
Darkening: 80%