It's been over two years since the last total eclipse of the sun, but the Associated Press is reporting that one will be visible on Tuesday this week from northern Australia. For two minutes the moon will completely cover the sun shortly after sunrise.
The eclipse will last approximately 2 minutes according to NASA.
Click here to live stream the total eclipse.
The total solar eclipse will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 14 in Australia but it'll be viewable online on Tuesday afternoon for those living in the U.S. Residents living in the east coast won't be able to see the solar eclipse by just looking outside, and it will only be visible for a short amount of time in the west coast and in Alaska.
Click here to find out if you live in a location where you'll be able to watch the solar eclipse live.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the "Earth, sun and moon align in the other possible configuration, with the Earth situated in the middle and casting a shadow on the moon" according to The Huffington Post.
When a penumbral lunar eclipse takes place, the moon never passes through the dark inner core of the Earth's shadow, the umbra, but only the hazy border called "the penumbra."
If you are hoping to travel to Australia to view the total solar eclipse in person and you haven't already done so, you're probably out of luck. Getting a flight over there so soon to the eclipse date will be hard, as will finding a rental car if you are lucky enough to get over there.
"Occurring as [the eclipse] does within months of the expected solar max, the solar corona should take on a 'wound up' circular shape, with a high potential for tongues of pink nuclear fire leaping from the Sun's edge," said astronomer Robert Berman to The Huffington Post, who writes for Astronomy Magazine.
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