Why does the north get more total eclipses?

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Solar eclipses can happen anywhere on earth, but if you want to see a total eclipse, you need to go to the far north, because the Earth’s shape and orbit determine the high latitudes and eclipse hotspot.
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- Annular Eclipse: an eclipse of the sun in which the edge of the sun remains visible as a bright ring around the moon.
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- Latitude: the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
- Total Eclipse: an eclipse of the sun in which the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun.
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Bakich, Michael E. “How Often Do Solar Eclipses Occur? | Astronomy.com.” Astronomy Magazine, 18 July 2023, www.astronomy.com/observing/h...
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[@MinuteEarth]

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[@matpk]

Compare Tianjin Vs Beirut in your next video🎉

[@doxielain2231]

Mine should arrive today!

[@tritiumrecords717]

From 2028 to 2038 Australia will get to see 4 total eclipses, check your data, I'm sure I'm correct.

[@windywendi]

Fun fact: New Zealand was completely uninhabited in 69 CE, as even the Māoris would take another 1200 years to arrive.

[@EliStettner]

Hence they aren’t really indigenous. If they’re indigenous, then Sephardic Jews are indigenous to Spain.

[@ikschrijflangenamen]

@@EliStettner so nobody is indigenous except Ethiopians? Humans always got somewhere from somewhere else.

[@Merennulli]

The giant birbs had the eclipse all to themselves.

[@FreeStatesofKapuska]

@@EliStettner then your moms indigenous to me

[@sandwich2473]

​@@EliStettnerthe indigenous people are usually interpreted as the ones who've been there the longest up to modern day I guess

[@krandaslayer]

When I was a kid growing up in Christchurch, I was always bummed out to check the solar eclipse charts and there to never be ANY at all. This video made me feel so vindicated!

[@Me-ui1zy]

One is gonna pass through Otago in like 2031 if I remember correctly. Guess ill make a trip of it

[@content.deleted1]

@@Me-ui1zy2028.

[@BunchOfGreyGrapes]

​​@@Me-ui1zyThere is one in 2028 that goes straight through the centre of Dunedin. I live in Dunedin and I am so happy! I hope it's not cloudy though

[@Alfonso162008]

I live in Montevideo, Uruguay, and I feel your pain, brother. We almost never get solar eclipses, and when we do, it's usually only an annular or partial one. Just last night I was looking at some eclipse charts, to see if I could be lucky to see one during my lifetime, and there's a single (annular) eclipse that will be visible from only a tiny part of my country in February of 2027, and then that's it. The next eclipse we'll see will be (finally!) a total one in January 2103 (but people living then will be lucky, because in the span of 15 years there will be 3 total eclipses that will be visible from at least some parts of the country).

[@microscopicallysmall]

In Delaware, the April 8th 2024 solar eclipse is the only solar eclipse there is for CENTURIES. So yeah, I will also feel your pain as well.

[@trevinbeattie4888]

It hadn’t occurred to me that the Earth doesn’t see as many full eclipses in perihelion compared to aphelion, but given how close the moon and sun’s apparent sizes are on average this makes total sense. Thanks for teaching me something new!

[@Aelfraed26]

Reasons for Australians to be sad: * Slow internet * Hot weather * Deadly wildlife * Ominous dust storms * Fewer total eclipses

[@Transparenskies]

But that’s just on average! Australia will have 5 total solar eclipses and 1 annular within the span of 16 years! In 2023, 2028, 2030, 2037, and 2038!

[@SleepyPanda-co3iy]

Also we have a huge blob of deserts in the dead middle and price of living is very ducking high especially for Sydney and Melbourne lol

[@Aelfraed26]

​@@SleepyPanda-co3iyAn Australian that doesn't like swearing? That's odd

[@afbocc]

And 2028, 2037 and 2038 are coast to coast.

[@itzamia]

Box Jellyfish, Stonefish, salt water crocodiles, Sydney Funnel Web Spiders and gympie-gympie

[@cjaoun23240]

I love how the equator is reffered to as "This Line"

[@Filipnalepa]

If there's the line we can draw on the globe, equator surely is The Line.

[@Perrito770]

Technically it's a line. And he pointed towards it when explaining, that makes it the equator.

[@Me-ui1zy]

As someone from Christchurch, I was hyped when you said the name, then in ruins when you said how long its gonna be until our next one.

[@BunchOfGreyGrapes]

There is the path of totality down here in Dunners in 2028! Just take a 4 hour trip and hope it isn't cloudy!

[@hamzaasghari7863]

lol same

[@RaffleE46]

Prolly you’re great great great great grandkids might watch it

[@BunchOfGreyGrapes]

@@RaffleE46 that's only like 100 and a bit years

[@Nil-pb7sf]

North island is going to get two total eclipses in the years 2037 and 2038 respectively

[@Grifonger]

So you telling me that Christchurch got its last eclipse in year 69 and gets them on average every 420 years? Dank

[@attackehhh]

the sun is sending us a sign...

[@foocland57273]

Haha funi 69 420 smegema alpa nigachad 🗿🍷💀🤨😳🥵🔥👇 (SARCASM)

[@MrT------5743]

​@attackehhh there is no sign. It's physics.

[@mal2ksc]

@@attackehhh It's a NO SMOKING sign. They haven't gotten another in nearly two thousand years.

[@samuelmason204]

Speaking of dank there was a total solar eclipse over New Zealand on 04/10/69AD, had it been 10 days later it would've been 4/20/69

[@zUJ7EjVD]

So in Australian summers the sun is closer to earth. That explains a lot about why Australia sucks. Looking it up, the specific numbers are 4% closer and 8.5% brighter.

[@Auroral_Anomaly]

😐😐😐

[@anthonyschocke2831]

LOL! Btw I literally refreshed the page and saw that you edited the comment, LOL x2!

[@smoceany9478]

doesnt really affect heat much at all though

[@thomasharris9059]

@@smoceany9478Yeah, direct sunlight is basically all that matters.

[@Blue_bird1e]

If you mean the horrible summers here, I think another reason for Australia’s arid climate is because it’s close to the equator, and the equator gets a lot of heat from the sun, but other places near the equator aren’t arid, and I think Australia’s always been like this, so idk what happened

[@Merennulli]

I'm really looking forward to this. 2017 was an amazing experience. I've seen a couple partial eclipses as a child, and I used to think it was just silly history people getting superstitious about the sky getting dark, but even knowing exactly what was going on and why in 2017, it was IMMEDIATELY clear why people thought it was supernatural. Everything got colder (which I think was what caused the hair on the back of my neck to stand up), sounds around me changed, and the lighting wasn't just dark but an ethereal twilight that was unnatural in a hard to describe way. SmarterEveryDay has a video on the upcoming eclipse with Dr. Gordon Telpun who published an Eclipse Timer app (I used it in 2017 too). In the video he also shows stations he's setting up for the eclipse to see certain phenomena that you can replicate for yourself to see more out of this 2024 eclipse.

[@WaterMan416]

I really wish I could go to see this one. It's even closer to me than the last one was, and the totality is longer. But I got to have that amazing experience once, so I don't feel as bad about it.

[@troybaxter]

Yeah, that experience back in 2017 was something else. I went with my grandfather down to SC right before I started college, and it was surreal. It was like 90+ outside and then it suddenly dropped to a much cooler 80. What I remember the most vividly is that it reminded me of the black hole in Interstellar. It was mesmerizing. I'm a little concerned about Monday as there is supposed to be a lot of clouds in Texas that day, but we will see. I'm super excited to see it again.

[@Merennulli]

@@troybaxter Yeah, I'm seeing clouds in the forecast for almost the entire path of totality. I really hope it ends up clear for all of us.

[@davecrupel2817]

As someone recently blessed with perfect totality of the recent eclipse, the Closest thing i can compare that twilight to is a clear night sky bathed in the brightest moonlight. A faint, but noticeable, dark blue glow. Brighter than a full moon, but not by a whole lot.

[@user-ps1qj5mo2s]

First thought I thought the answer would be like there is more land in north hemisphere than south.... 🤔🤔

[@franciscoguinledebarros4429]

This would be a reason as well, looking at maps for other eclipses and there are some that basically land all on the southern seas

[@magentamonster]

Eclipses happen even if there's sea. It may be harder for people to see them then, though.

[@user-ps1qj5mo2s]

@@magentamonster yeah, so have to see if definitions count those happened in ocean or not. The calculations might came from simulations and not sure if it did count those

[@JoaoLeote7331]

​@@user-ps1qj5mo2sit obviously count those. They're counting eclipses, not interrsted in how many people got to watch it

[@anticorncob6]

​@@magentamonster Right. The original poster made a mental error and figures it out quick.

[@shoipeandme]

My school is trying to go and see the eclipse this year really excited to have a opportunity to see it for the first time!

[@funtechu]

It's super awesome! Here's hoping for clear skies for you!

[@Patrick-Mckinney]

Did you see it

[@MacAnters]

So, how was it?

[@Patrick-Mckinney]

@@MacAnters awesome you have to see it

[@MacAnters]

@@Patrick-Mckinney I did, in '99, but as I was 4, I don't remember much of it

[@babilon6097]

They're so rare that a solar eclipse is paradoxically a bright and enlightening moment.

[@toolbaggers]

It's so rare the odds are astronomical.

[@Hup.]

Riffing off this, one could argue that the dark ages and the enlightenment period are named for their attitude towards solar eclipses.

[@sternmg]

It follows that there is a N-S disparity in annual annular eclipses, and it is the inverse of that in total ones.

[@notneean]

someone send this my schools education board, this is really cool

[@Auroral_Anomaly]

Flat eathers are doomed.

[@babilon6097]

They are domed.

[@Auroral_Anomaly]

@@babilon6097 Huh huh huh.👏

[@magentamonster]

Did you know that flat earthers actually live on a flat earth? And all this while we thought they didn't know the shape of their earth, but they do. And we globe earthers are on a globe earth. There's actually many earths. Everyone lives on an earth that matches their ideas of what the earth is like. So there is a globe earth, an azimuthal equdistant earth, a Mercator earth etc. And there are solar eclipses on the flat earths, though they may work differently from on the globe earth. The reason all the earths can connect to the internet is due to secret space technology. Flat earthers are aliens, you see. But the government doesn't want us to know they discovered aliens, so they pretend the aliens are on our planet. This is why we didn't hear of flat earthers before the internet. Of course this is a joke.

[@eloihomier]

Great video and clear explanation! I know it isn't as relevant to the point of this video, but I wish you'd talked about the moon's elliptical orbit too, since that has a much more significant impact on whether we see a total or annular eclipse. The variation in angular size of the moon is almost 5 times greater than that of the sun.

[@justmonika3635]

I live about an hour north of a site that will get the total eclipse but I have toddlers who can't keep the glasses on and not sure what I'm going to do. Think I'll still drive to the location and cover the car windows with blankets to keep them safe so I can still experience it.

[@semanticks]

duct tape and zip ties

[@Masalmeh321]

Garbage bags just in case

[@danieldaniels7571]

How do you keep them from staring at the sun on non-eclipse days?

[@liamtewhata2542]

Christchurch may not be getting a total eclipse for a while but just down the road in Dunedin and Queenstown they'll be experiencing one in July 2028!!

[@chellnz]

Which is crazy because it's also in the middle of winter. Fortunately in my experience our winters tend to be less cloudy compared to summer.

[@nathancooper8066]

As someone with family in Carbondale, IL, I was beyond blessed to get both in less than a decade. Perfect weather both times too!

[@benn454]

I thought about driving down to Carbondale from the STL Metro East, but decided to just go to my aunt's in Sparta. 3 min 45 sec totality vs 4 1/2 mins was good enough for me.

[@SciMinute]

That was an interesting topic! Thank you for the great video!

[@ourfamilyoutdoors7331]

I travelled to see the eclipse and it was super cloudy when we got there. It was still neat though. We were close enough to the northern edge of the band/shadow that I could see blue sky to the north and a ring of “sunset” from west to east with only a thin sliver in the southern part of the sky.

[@avicohen2k]

This was great explanations on the suns relation with north south and monthly orbit regardless of eclipses

[@polarisinsky]

The reason for annual and total solar eclipses aren't only because of Earth's orbital distance, moon also has a elliptical orbit. The closet point to us from the moon called Perigee and the farthest is Apogee (similar to Earth's perihelion and aphelion). Because of Earths orbit is almost circular (with an eccentricity of 0.0167) so it's effectiveness to eclipse being annual and total is pretty low. On the other hand Moon's orbit has an eccentricity of 0.0549. It is moderate elliptical but hold power to create different types of eclipse (Total or Annual). More eccentricity close to 1 means more elliptical orbit and close to 0 means more circular orbit. So the reason why total solar eclipse or annual solar eclipse happen is because of moons orbital eccentricity (although the Earth's orbital eccentricity also play a slight role here but it create not that much difference in distance to lead different types of eclipse). Here's the reason why total eclipses aren't always the case: The Moon's orbit is tilted about 5 degrees compared to Earth's orbit. Usually, the Moon passes above or below Earth's path, casting no shadow on Earth. Twice a year, the tilt in the Moon's orbit aligns with Earth's orbit, creating a brief window for eclipses to occur (eclipse season). But because the Ascending node and descending node also moving or changes it's position, thats why we see eclipses at different times of the year. During this eclipse season, a total eclipse only happens if the Sun, Moon, and Earth align perfectly, with the Moon being close enough (near at perigee ) to Earth to completely cover the Sun. If the Moon is farther away (or near at apogee ), it appears smaller than the Sun, causing an annular eclipse where a ring of sunlight is visible around the Moon. BTW your video is so much informative about "why Northern hemisphere has the most eclipse or most total eclipse "❤

[@warrenvanwyck2765]

Indeed: " So the reason why total solar eclipse or annual solar eclipse happen is because of moons orbital eccentricity" 0:42 is rather misleading

[@user-wp1uw8fv6y]

Solar eclipse chances usually depend on landmass. As a South Korean, I have a total solar eclipse chance in my country at September 2035, but that's only visible near east-end of DMZ, while North Korea region is totally blocked. International airlines are the only way to catch the events.

[@ItzpoomAV1]

I missed a partial solar eclipse because I had too much fun playing minecraft with my friends. I will never forget that moment.

[@Ktonrider]

I saw my first total eclipse with the great eclipse of 2024 in Texas. It was the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen in my life

[@SeanPorio]

I went to upstate NY to see the total eclipse and it was absolutely unbelievable! Looking to maybe travel for the next one 👀

[@JustAPersonWhoComments]

0:10 It's not strictly a North-South divide. The frequency of eclipses can vary widely within both hemispheres 2:17 Eclipse chasers often consider factors like accessibility, weather conditions, and local infrastructure when choosing viewing locations

[@theleftuprightatsoldierfield]

I go to college in Carbondale. We’re making such a big deal here about it being our 2nd one in 7 years. We’re rebranding the town as the “Eclipse Crossroad of America”

[@bernier42]

Unreal shoehorning of 420/69 into my pre-eclipse watching.

[@AtarahDerek]

So to max out a total solar eclipse, it needs to take place in the northern summer during a supermoon, and it needs to be visible in the arctic. That's where you get eight-minute eclipses. Boy, did ATLA miss some information.

[@kennoybrown3946]

It would be a super new moon

[@galoomba5559]

Longest possible total eclipse is 7 minutes 32 seconds

[@benn454]

​@@galoomba5559Unless you're on a Concorde or Blackbird

[@galoomba5559]

@@benn454 well, unless you're moving in general i suppose

[@EEE-1409]

Well, I guess that's one good thing about living in the UK! Well, given there are no clouds for once 😅

[@rosiefay7283]

Except there were indeed clouds --- a heavy rainstorm --- over Cornwall on the morning of 11 Aug 1999. And yes, 25 years later, I'm still bitter.

[@EEE-1409]

@@rosiefay7283 Who wouldn't be? Just a couple hours ago there was a downpour that flooded my front yard... I'm used to miserable weather, but that was quite an event for as long as it lasted.

[@diracio]

Totally cool! Thanks

[@the_mad_bunnyx9537]

This changes on a roughly 20,000 year pattern (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsidal_precession) due to a combination of the precession of equinoxes and precession of earth's perihelion. In 10,000 years or so the North-hemisphere would be at an disadvantage and in 5,000 years it would be roughly 1/2 and 1/2. If we consider 1/4 of this cycle to be when the Dec. solstice is close enough to the perihelion for this effect to be important then we are averaging over roughly 5000 years for which the N-hemisphere will have a paltry 15 total eclipses (for a given location) and the southern hemisphere will have only 9 for a given location. This assumes I can do math in my head which is always questionable.

[@semipenguin]

I got to see the 2017 eclipse when I lived in Athens, TN. I wanted to go down to Texas to see this years, but I’m too busy to go

[@RyanEmmett]

Really, really interesting thanks!

[@briannathibault3647]

3:11 bro im right after this happened and it was SICK I LOVED ITTTT

[@andreaallies7145]

I've seen 2 solar eclipses. Once in 2000 when my parents were stationed in Europe. Second time was in 2017 when I was working in Yellowstone.

[@ShadowriverUB]

i think you mean 1999 which was last total eclipse going thru middle of europe

[@ktkrelaxedscience]

Ha! Never thought about this. Beautiful. 😃

[@brandonsg1367]

The main reason for the difference between total and annular eclipses is because of the moon’s orbit being closer or farther away. The moon can be over 25,000 miles closer at its perigee (closest point to earth) than at its apogee (farthest point from earth). Earth’s distance from the sun plays a part too, but the main reason is the moon’s distance from earth

[@explosivegreen]

Imagine living in the 1600s and seeing a solar eclipse, what a traumatizing experience it would be

[@mapache-ehcapam]

Chile also had 3 consecutive total solar eclipses in 2019, 2020 and 2021. This year we will have an annular one in October.

[@Nothing-_-0024.]

If i still lived in Christchurch I would never see a total solar eclipse :( I feel bad for my friends who will probably never see one :(

[@DominikJaniec]

very interesting! thank you :)

[@MateusSFigueiredo]

Even the eclipses forget about new Zealand

[@wow_so_high2510]

Another point to mention is the precession of the earths axis. So this this will basically flip, albeit in a timespan of around 12-13k years.

[@spiderking20]

I love your thumbnail

[@pachutoazumadre32xD]

So in Christchurch, where they should see an eclipse on average every 420 years, they had their last eclipse in the year 69? Nice

[@CreationForeverMinistries]

There’s nothing special about the number 69. It just so happens that Christchurch had the previous total Solar Eclipse in 69 AD.

[@Dodener]

@@CreationForeverMinistries please shut up

[@bryanfongo327]

​@@CreationForeverMinistriesboooooo get off the stage 🍅🍅🍅

[@CreationForeverMinistries]

@@bryanfongo327 420 is mathematically a special number as it’s a multiple of 60 and there’s 420 seconds in 7 minutes. That’s about the only thing special about 420. On the other hand, 69 is just an ordinary number just like 68 & 70. I’m not on a stage.

[@justpaulo]

And on top of all that there is more land mass on the North Hemisphere and more people to witness the eclipses too.

[@robertfindley921]

Very interesting!

[@Amitseruta]

As an Australian, I’ve never seen an eclipse

[@Jose.AFT.Saddul]

Unless it’s a total eclipse. You can only see the other kinds with special glasses. You might not have noticed a past eclipse because the sky only dimmed a bit

[@himonstercartoons]

I traveled to see the total eclipse on April 8th, and I am super duper glad I did. Well worth it

[@Michiganian8]

I’ve seen the annular 5mos ago, i woke up, & it looked like it was burnt orange out. Many stopped & looked up at it Then the totality eclipse recently. Of course it went dark, the wildlife was screaming in the pond, & birds went away, street lights came on, etc it was an impressive show. It was a big deal here, no one was driving out, & I was in middle of moving, thank god someone gave me glasses lol & happen to be in the path. Then I saw it going up, north from us, Canada. I didn’t see the moon until the other night 🥰

[@Chris.Davies]

HAPPY because New Zealand is on your map. #Mapswithoutnewzealand SAD because we don't get as many eclipses. HAPPY because your map isn't the despicable Mercator projection. SAD because we didn't get to see this eclipse. HAPPY because you mentioned my home town, Christchurch! SAD because I will be very old in 2431. HAPPY because we are getting a good one in Queenstown in the middle of 2028 - which I will travel for. Wow - what a roller coaster.

[@vanhouten64]

Astronomical advantages for observers in each hemisphere: Northern: solar eclipses and meteor showers Southern: everything else

[@hugoCastellnaos]

live in dallas can't wait for the day

[@TheInterestingInformer]

Lucky

[@doomsdayrabbit4398]

Dallas? ?sallaD

[@mateusaurelius2546]

IT WAS AMAZING!!

[@alnitaka]

There's another reason as well. For a total solar eclipse to be observed, there has to be an observer, a human being, who lives or goes about on land rather than the ocean. There is more land in the northern hemisphere than the southern, so more eclipses are observed in the northern hemisphere.

[@captainzekrom57]

You could observe one that goes over the sea by being on a boat or plane that goes through the path of totality.

[@seekingthelovethatgodmeans7648]

@@captainzekrom57 The eclipses over the open sea are far enough in the future that there would be time to arrange a cruise voyage or voyages to places of totality. Of course, no weather guarantees! Flights would be a more weatherproof option, though again storms can be unpredictable.

[@Nerd9361]

As a Clevelander, I feel remembered.

[@user-xr6xi5ym6e]

Moon orbit is also elliptical, so even earth is closest to the sun, the moon can still cover the sun so it can still cause a total solar eclipse if the moon at its perigee

[@ramuk1933]

The thre most important factors to an eclipse; Location, Location, Location.

[@TAKE_BACK_BRITAIN]

It also helps that the north has more landmasses in general

[@ericlaska4748]

But the earth's axial tilt slowly precesses every 26k or so years, so the average over a larger time scale should go back to 50/50?

[@mediawolf1]

How long before it flips and the southern summer is the distant one and northern summers are close?

[@ivanjermakov]

Never, assuming Earth's axial tilt is constant.

[@Inversion10080]

@@ivanjermakov Earth's axis actually precesses, taking about 26,000 years to complete a cycle. So, halfway around, 13,000 years from now, the axis will point the other way, assuming Earth's orbit doesn't also precess (which it does)

[@lightlingzooma-69]

@@Inversion10080yeah so basically you don’t have to worry about it

[@Merennulli]

@@lightlingzooma-69Speak for yourself. I've gone 16,328 days without dying so statistically I'm fairly certain I'm immortal. And with how gas prices keep going up, I need to start saving now if I want to afford to go see the 15134 AD eclipse in what's left of Perth.

[@mediawolf1]

I think the orbit precesses, like Mercury.@@ivanjermakov

[@lukebartens2379]

Carbondale got a shout out wooooo

[@riddlemethis2707]

Australia is crying except that one spot due to get 2 eclipses within a 6mth time frame

[@Sarfnic]

Southern Illinois got REALLY lucky...

[@the_koschi]

This video makes it sound like in summer the southern hemisphere could only have annular eclipses due to the elliptic orbit of Earth. Of course, the main ingredient in distinguishing total and annular is how far the moon is on HIS elliptic path. This makes a much bigger difference.

[@fromnorway643]

That is true, but it just makes a total eclipse more likely when the Moon is close to its perigee, which doesn't favour any of the Earth's hemispheres over the other.

[@someperson3883]

Is the best latitude to see an annual at eclipse 80 S

[@lucidmoses]

If the ratio of distance to size was exact then the umbra on the ground would be a point and not an area. However, given the moon is slowly moving away, This should actually happen at some point. Has anyone calculated that time frame.

[@toolbaggers]

People have built religions around this crap.

[@kappasig437]

2:52 nice

[@TiggerIsMyCat]

Where I live we're only getting like 92% totality, but I can't even complain because I got to travel in 2017 to see full totally in South Carolina. Oh, big mad that I can't have a once in a lifetime experience more than once????

[@Sam_596]

I'm actually going to a wedding in Buffalo NY that is located there specifically for the eclipse. Should be fun

[@toolbaggers]

It's gonna rain.

[@nsa45-bp5lv]

Looking like rainy/cloudy along most of the path. Surprisingly, Eastern New York/New England might have the best shot of seeing it according to the latest forecasts. But still 6 days out, can still hope for clear skies!

[@pundarikakshakavipurapu-ch5260]

Is there a website that tells you when the last recorded eclipse at a particular place happened?

[@mrgraff]

eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/JSEX/JSEX-index.html

[@justwanttoknowhow888]

SecondEarth: Northern hemisphere gets more daytime while being farther from the sun

[@canalpaentretenerse]

I understand you, I am from Montevideo, Uruguay, and the next total eclipse will be in the year 2594 💀

[@gsuryait]

Fun fact. In Latin annulus means ring, hence the name Annular eclipse which looks like a ring.

[@toolbaggers]

That is why it's called an anus.

[@Steve_Kassiotis]

Another big reason is two thirds of land is in the northern hemisphere.

[@user-GuyMan]

Australia getting the mkt eclipses in the southern hemisphere: 💀

[@acenutella1196]

it was so cool

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

It should also be noted that eclipses ONLY happen on or around the Autumnal or Vernal equinoxes. The sun and the moon are not on the same plane in the sky; so the moon may dip below the sun’s relative position or it may dip above the sun’s position. However on either of the equinoxes the sun and moon’s paths meet, which often makes a solar eclipse happen somewhere in the world.

[@ShadowriverUB]

The moon orbit is rotating toghter with the points sun passes moon orbit on the sky aka nodes with 18 year cycle, so eclipse can happen at any month of year not just equinox

[@treefarm3288]

PNG had two total eclipses within a few years in the late 90s or early 00s.

[@gr8fulrauch]

Go Salukis!

[@Leyrann]

Does the variation in the distance between Earth and the Moon depending on the moon's orbit cancel out over longer timespans?

[@fromnorway643]

Yes, because the orientation of the lunar orbit's major axis (the line connecting its perigee and apogee) rotates once every 8.85 years. This means that if the new Moon happens to be at perigee during the southern hemisphere summer, that will have shifted to the northern hemisphere summer less than 5 years later.

[@slohmann1572]

Guess I’m lucky. Watched my first one in south Brazil (latitude 30 south) in ‘94 and the 2024 one in Canada.

[@RaphaelBarboza77]

Is this greater proximity to the Sun during southern hemisphere's summer the reason for their summer being on average hotter??

[@lanzsibelius]

I'm not an expert, but I'm sure it isn't. Mercury is incredibly closer and it reaches colder temperatures at night than the Earth's, even in winter

[@toolbaggers]

It's one reason.

[@kiwitrainguy]

@@lanzsibelius That's because Mercury has no atmosphere to allow the heat to move around.

[@aaa7189]

why does this eclipse go SE to NE, and others are different especially at the poles ?

[@digitalhen]

I've seen three total eclipses now, just by luck I've happened to be close to each one

[@demetrio3d239]

Except Australia, they get tons.

[@kerbal_lord]

I watched this video 8 minutes ago on another device and it had another thumbnail

[@betula2137]

r/mapswithouttasmania

[@gracejiang9384]

Hears Randall

[@stephenbenner4353]

Well, before getting into the video, I will suggest a solution to the riddle at the beginning. There are just as many solar eclipses viewable from the southern hemisphere as the northern hemisphere, but you would have to be out in the middle of the ocean to see a lot of them. Now I’ve got that answer locked in, I’ll view the rest of the video.

[@Irondragon1945]

checkmate

[@NextNate03]

Not to mention that most of the earths landmass is in the northern hemisphere.

[@Tangobutton]

Australia is getting 3 of them coming up!

[@Azure1013]

And yet, Australia is going to get 4 eclipses in the span of 10 years

[@heartofdawn2341]

I live in Christchurch 😥

[@BrexitToTheExit-kh1bk]

I just saw a video saying Australia was getting like 7 total eclipse within the next 20 years so I think they'll be fine

[@afbocc]

7 in a period from Dec 4 2002 to Dec 26th 2038. Technically 4 between July 22nd 2028 and Dec 26th, 2038.

[@rohitraj4804]

The Moon's apogee and pergee around earth is what has a bigger effect on the the annular vs total eclipse , vs suns apparent size . moons apparent size changes by 14% vs 3% for the sun. but in the context of the video the sun's effect for more annular eclipse in southern hemisphere makes sense