An annular solar eclipse will occur across the Americas on October 14

An annular solar eclipse will move from north to south across the Americas on October 14, obscuring most of the sun in its central band and making the sun appear like a ring. The eclipse will be visible successively in parts of the United States, Mexico, and many countries of South and Central America. The maximum eclipse will occur at 17:59 UTC and its duration is 317 seconds, although it will be completely visible in the areas most affected by its passage from 16:10 to 19:49 UTC. After that, the path of the annular solar eclipse will visit Mexico and Central America, passing through Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. The annular eclipse will travel across South America in Colombia. It will pass over northern Brazil before ending at sunset in the Atlantic Ocean. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, completely or partially blocking the sun from the viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon’s apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun’s diameter, blocking most of the Sun and making the Sun appear like a ring. The annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over an area thousands of kilometers wide.