The solar eclipse of 21 June 2020 was an annular eclipse, in which the Moon covers the centre of the Sun but leaves a bright ring around its edge. It fell on the northern summer solstice, and its path of annularity crossed central Africa, southern Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Pakistan, northern India, Tibet and southern China, and Taiwan, ending in the Pacific. Observers in India saw the ring in places such as Dehradun and Kurukshetra, with a partial eclipse elsewhere across Asia and Africa. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, many people watched it from home or through online broadcasts.
Before and after
- 25 May 2020Murder of George Floyd
- 26 May 2020George Floyd protests
- 30 May 2020Launch of Crew Dragon Demo-2
- from 20 June 2020 to 9 August 2020Premiere of It's Okay to Not Be Okay
- 21 June 2020Solar eclipse of June 21, 2020
- 19 July 2020Launch of Mars Hope
- 22 July 2020Earthquake near 2020 Perryville, Alaska Earthquake
- 23 July 2020Launch of Tianwen-1
- 28 July 2020Founding of Lublin Triangle
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