A rare celestial event will pass between Earth and the sun in a way that people in its narrow central eclipse path, including parts of Australia, Indonesia, and East Timor, will experience a total eclipse where they are in relation to the moon.
The hybrid eclipse will begin at 10:37 p.m. ET Wednesday and last until about 1:56am ET, according to EarthSky, with the greatest totality (when the moon fully covers the sun).
What is a hybrid eclipse moon exactly?
A hybrid eclipse occurs when the moon is at just the right distance where both the umbral and antumbral shadow can reach Earth.
Also known as an annular-total eclipse, a hybrid eclipse is a function of Earth's curvature and the event's path.
Due to their proximity to the eclipse at the time, some observers of the moon will be appear to be sun-sized - while people in other locations will perceive the moon to be smaller than the sun, in an annular eclipse.
An annular eclipse and a total eclipse will both appear as partial eclipses at the start and ending due to the moon's orbits, as well as to those not in the direct path of the full eclipse.
The next projected hybrid eclipse date is expected in 2031. After that,, the alignment and conditions needed for such an event will likely not occur again until over 100 years later, in 2164, according to NASA.
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