A total solar eclipse is set to plunge a part of Western Australian into total darkness today, with the phenomenon appearing as a stunning partial eclipse elsewhere across the country. 7NEWS
on April 20, with the phenomenon appearing as a stunning partial eclipse elsewhere across the country.as it passes in front, temperatures will drop, winds will pick up, and birds will stop chirping.Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free onThe 41km-wide path of totality will graze the north-eastern shoulder of Australia, on the North West Cape peninsula which is home to the Ningaloo Reef, and continue north-east over Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea.
The 2023 total solar eclipse will graze Australia over Exmouth, with a partial eclipse visible across Australia.In Exmouth, the total eclipse will begin 12 seconds before 11.30am and last for 58 seconds. The partial eclipse there will be visible an hour-and-a-half earlier, from 10.04am, when the moon will partially block the sun until 1.02pm.
“We’re lucky to live in a time when our moon is 400 times smaller than the sun, and also 400 times closer to us than the sun,” Woods said. “They’re expecting about 20,000 to 50,000 people in Exmouth,” Perth Observatory spokesperson Matt Woods told 7NEWS.com.au.
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