{"id":21272,"date":"2024-03-06T12:08:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T06:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=21272"},"modified":"2025-10-13T12:05:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T06:35:36","slug":"total-solar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/total-solar-eclipse\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Total Solar Eclipse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Total Solar Eclipse<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A total solar eclipse is a condition\u00a0when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth and\u00a0completely blocks the Sun&#8217;s disk,\u00a0casting a huge shadow on the surface.<\/li>\n<li>People viewing the eclipse\u00a0from locations\u00a0where the\u00a0Moon\u2019s shadow completely covers the Sun\u2013known as the\u00a0path of totality\u2013will\u00a0experience a total solar eclipse.<\/li>\n<li>As per NASA, during this timeframe,\u00a0the\u00a0sky will darken,\u00a0resembling the onset of dawn or dusk.<\/li>\n<li>Weather permitting,\u00a0individuals along the path of totality will have the opportunity to\u00a0observe the Sun\u2019s corona, its outer atmosphere typically obscured by the Sun\u2019s bright face.\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0Sun\u2019s corona, the outermost layer of its atmosphere extending millions of kilometers into space,\u00a0is exclusively visible during a solar eclipse. Appearing as a faint, pearly-white halo encircling the darkened disk of the Sun, it becomes observable only during this celestial event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>This solar eclipse will be\u00a0characterised by a phenomenon known as totality &#8211; a condition when viewers may be\u00a0able to see the chromosphere (a\u00a0region of the solar atmosphere, appearing as the\u00a0thin circle of pink around the Moon)\u00a0along with the corona.\n<ul>\n<li>The totality will offer a rare view where you can\u00a0momentarily see the stars\u00a0during the time as the\u00a0surroundings go completely dark.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It will also be\u00a0marked by a dip in air temperatures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hybrid-solar-eclipse\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Hybrid Solar Eclipse<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/partial-solar-eclipse\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Partial Solar Eclipse<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Lunar Eclipse?<\/h3>\n<p>A lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align so that the Moon passes into Earth\u2019s shadow. In a\u00a0<u>total lunar eclipse<\/u>, the entire Moon falls within the darkest part of Earth\u2019s shadow, called the umbra. When the Moon is within the umbra, it will turn a reddish hue. Lunar eclipses are sometimes called \u201cBlood Moons\u201d because of this phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/science\/story\/what-is-total-solar-eclipse-that-will-make-the-sun-disappear-in-april-2510412-2024-03-05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>What is Total Solar Eclipse that will make the Sun disappear in April?<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total solar eclipse is a condition when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth and completely blocks the Sun&#8217;s disk, casting a huge shadow on the surface. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}