Eclipse - Solar & Lunar 앱 분석 (9월 23일)

See the sky's greatest events — every solar and lunar eclipse, 5,000 years in either direction. Eclipse turns the machinery of the cosmos into something you can hold in your hand. Spin a globe, watch the Moon's shadow race across Earth, and find out exactly what the next eclipse will look like from your own backyard. Whether you're a curious first-timer or a lifelong eclipse chaser, Eclipse meets you where you are. 🌍 Watch it happen - Drag to spin a 3D globe, and pinch to zoom from space right down to street level - Watch the shadow sweep across the world as you scrub through time - Or switch to a flat world map with a day/night line showing exactly where the eclipse is visible 📍 See it from your location - Tap anywhere — or use your GPS — to drop your spot on Earth - Get precise local times: when the eclipse begins, peaks, and ends - See how much of the Sun will be covered, how high it sits in your sky, and whether you'll catch totality 🌑 Two eclipses, one app Flip a single switch between Solar and Lunar: - Solar: follow the path of totality and the "ring of fire" of an annular eclipse - Lunar: watch the Moon glide into Earth's shadow and turn deep copper-red — the "blood moon" — on a realistic star chart with named stars and constellations 📚 Learn as you go - Simple, beautiful guides: what causes eclipses, total vs. partial vs. annular, and the science behind the blood moon - How to watch safely — certified eclipse glasses, pinhole projection, and the methods that actually work - The myths and stories cultures have told about eclipses — and what's really going on - A guided tour walks you through everything on first launch 🔭 Browse a 5,000-year catalog - Nearly 12,000 solar and 12,000 lunar eclipses, from 2000 BCE to 3000 CE - Filter by type, by year, or by "visible from where I am" - Built on NASA / Fred Espenak eclipse predictions — the same data the experts use 🔗 Share any view Found a spectacular one? Send a link that opens the exact same globe, date, and location on your friend's phone. Going deeper — for the eclipse-obsessed Everything above is all most people will ever need. But if you like to look under the hood, it's all here: - The Saros cycle — play a whole Saros family and watch its eclipses march across the centuries - The Saros–Inex Panorama — every eclipse in history on one zoomable, colour-coded grid - The Syzygy Explorer — a lattice of every new and full Moon, where the great orbital rhythms line up before your eyes - Full technical readouts — Besselian elements, gamma, magnitude, ΔT, path width and sub-solar point; and for lunar eclipses, sidereal positions with Nakshatra & Ayanāṁśa Available in English, हिन्दी, मराठी, ಕನ್ನಡ, தமிழ், తెలుగు, Kiswahili and አማርኛ. Made with the Public Outreach & Education Committee of the Astronomical Society of India.