Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/20/2020
By: Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, June 20 (CNA) Generally cloudy to sunny skies are forecast across Taiwan on Sunday, making it ideal for people to watch the rare annular solar eclipse that day, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

The weather in western parts of Taiwan and its outlying islands could be better than in other areas, where more clouds are likely, particularly in mountainous regions and eastern Taiwan, the bureau said.

The much-anticipated celestial event will be visible to people in parts of Yunlin, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Nantou, Hualien and Taitung cities and counties, as well as the outlying islands of Penghu and Kinmen, according to the Taipei Astronomical Museum.

The phenomenon occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth, covering the sun's center but leaving its outer rim, or corona, visible, forming an annulus around the moon, the museum said.    [FULL  STORY]