October's new moon will bring us a spectacular 'ring of fire' eclipse

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October 2, 2024, 3:17 PM

• •October's new moon will occur today (Oct. 2) and create a dazzling annular solar eclipse.
• •The new moon occurs on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 2:49 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (1849 GMT), according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and for observers in the southeastern Pacific islands and southern Chile and Argentina there will be an annular solar eclipse.
• •An important note about observing solar eclipses: always use proper safety equipment, and never view the sun directly through optical aids of any kind.

The new moon on Oct. 2 will create a dazzling annular solar eclipse that will be visible in the southeastern Pacific islands and southern Chile and Argentina. The moon will cover about 53 percent of the sun in Hawaii and 29 percent in American Samoa. For those unable to see the solar eclipse, there are still the nighttime planets, including Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars.

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