The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has predicted that there will be an eclipse of the sun across Nigeria on September 1st.
The country is set set to experience an annular solar eclipse that will be visible all over the country with different degrees of totality on September 1, 2016,
An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object is temporarily obscured, either by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer.
The term eclipse is most often used to describe either a solar eclipse, when the Moon’s shadow crosses the Earth’s surface, or a lunar eclipse or when the Moon moves into the Earth’s shadow.
Annular solar eclipses have a “ring of fire” and occurs when the Moon moves in front of the Sun but does not cover the Sun’s discs completely.
In a statement released the Head of media and corporate communications of National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Mr. Felix Ale, said arrangement had been concluded to provide special solar filters to the public to watch the rare natural occurrence in appreciation of science and nature.
