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Hybrid solar eclipse of April: How many hours until the sky darkens?

The hybrid solar eclipse has been named Ningalooo and is one of the most important for this 2023, as it will completely darken the sky for several hours.

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"The Moon is just the right distance from Earth so that the apex of its cone-shaped shadow is slightly above the Earth's surface at the beginning and end of the eclipse path, making the shadow antenumbral of the Moon to move across the Earth and cause an annular eclipse. However, in the middle of the eclipse path, the apex of the Moon's umbra shadow hits the Earth's surface because that part of the planet is a little closer to the Moon.