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Solar eclipse 2023 LIVE | Watch as Moon blocks Sun sending Earth into darkness

A rare celestial event is underway in several parts of the world as the Sun, Moon, and Earth are aligned together. The phenomenon known as a solar eclipse began at 7 am and is expected to last for five hours.

The solar eclipse on Thursday is a hybrid event, as it is neither a total solar eclipse nor a partial one, instead it's a mix of the two phenomenons based on where you are seeing it from.

A hybrid solar eclipse occurs when the moon is positioned at a distance from the Earth, causing it to appear smaller in the sky compared to the sun. When the moon passes in front of the sun during a hybrid solar eclipse, its size is just right to cover the entire solar disk, creating a perfect annular or ring-like shape around the moon's dark silhouette. This is what makes it an annular eclipse.

While the Hybrid Solar Eclipse on April 20 will last for over five hours, the totality, when the Sun is fully covered, will last for less than a minute.