What's an annular eclipse?
POSTED: 01:32 PM PDT May 20, 2012
UPDATED: 02:16 PM PDT May 20, 2012
You may be ready to see Sunday's annular eclipse, but do you know how it's different from any other eclipse? Learn more about this rare event.
Fred Espenak/Chabot Space & Science Center
When is the next solar eclipse?
NASA said the next total solar eclipse will be visible within a narrow corridor that traverses Earth's southern hemisphere on Nov. 12-13. A partial eclipse of this event can be viewed from a partial eclipse visible from Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. According to NASA, The last total solar eclipse in North America was seen July 11, 2010.
