Time-Table For Today’s Solar Eclipse In Nigeria Released

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Following the declaration by the Director-General of the National Space and Research Agency, Dr. Seidu Mohammed over the solar eclipse which has been predicted to occur today  in some part of the country, timetable for the solar eclipse in Nigeria has been released by experts.

According to the Director, Centre for Basic Space Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Prof. Fidelis Opara, solar eclipse will occur today in different parts of the country
Narrating the timetable for the occurrences of the eclipse in the country today, Prof. Opara said that it will occur, in  Ibadan between 12.52pm and 4.01pm, in Kano between 1.07pm and 4.01pm;  in Lagos between 12.50pm and 4.01pm, in  Port Harcourt  between 1.03pm and 4.09pm,in Enugu between 1.04pm and 4.07pm, Abuja between 1.03pm and 4.03pm, in Uyo between 1.06pm to 4.09pm and Abakaliki  between 1.06pm and  4.09pm,
According Prof. Opara other locations in world that will witness the partial solar includes include Hamilton, Bermuda, New York, New York, U.S.A, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monrovia, Liberia; São Tomé, Sao Tome and Principe; Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; Port-Gentil, Gabon; ibreville, Gabon; Yaoundé, Cameroon; Brazzaville, Congo; Kinshasa, Congo Dem. Rep; Bangui, Central African Republic; Juba, South Sudan; Kigali, Rwanda; Kampala, Uganda; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Nairobi, Kenya and Mogadishu, Somalia.
Advising Nigerians, Director-General of the National Space and Research Agency, Dr. Seidu Mohammed, said that eclipse is a natural event that should not bring about undue panic, as  he  urged all Nigerians to remain calm as the eclipse would not hinder normal activities.
While adding further that people not to look skyward during the occurrence without proper protection for the eyes as it is dangerous to do so – it can, in fact, lead to permanent eye damage or blindness.
According to Wikipedia as seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks (“occults”) the Sun. This can happen only at new moon, when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth in an alignment referred to as syzygy. In a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses only part of the Sun is obscured. Today’s eclipse is partial eclipse.
If the Moon were in a perfectly circular orbit, a little closer to the Earth, and in the same orbital plane, there would be total solar eclipses every single month.
Like eclipses are expected to occur by April 15, 2014; Oct. 8, 2014; April 4, 2015; and Sept. 25, 2015.

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