Saturday in central and eastern Kentucky, the sun will be partially eclipsed by the moon, beginning about noon. Dr. Mark Pitts is a professor at Eastern Kentucky University’s Department of Physics, Geosciences, and Astronomy. He said while the moon and sun will be properly aligned, there won’t be a total eclipse, but rather, an annular eclipse.
“Because the moon's orbit is not a perfect circle around the Earth, the Moon is sometimes slightly closer to Earth, sometimes farther away than average. An annular eclipse occurs when the moon is farther from the earth than average.”
