Saturday, March 19th, 2011, was a “Super Moon” as the satellite got as close to Earth as it will at any time during 2011. The moon reached a distance as short as a mere 221,565 miles from the planet.
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Longest solar eclipse of the century due this week
The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century is due July 22nd.
The event will last 6 minutes and 26 seconds and it’ll be 2132 until a solar eclipse of a similar length is visible from Earth. The eclipse’s shadow will stretch up to 258km.
The eclipse will be visible from the world’s most densely populated countries; China and India.
Stargazers in the Indian state of Gujarat will be able to see the solar event first at (at about 4.30pm GMT). The path of the eclipse will mean that the shadow will race across India next; effecting the holy city of Varansai, touching Bangladesh, Nepal, most of Bhutan and then along China before it reaches the sea off Shanghai.
