The last solar eclipse of this year will be visible in Qatar Thursday where its peak moment will be the time of the conjunction of new crescent of Hijric month "Jumada I 1441 H", Qatar Calendar House (QCH) has announced.
The very rare 
phenomenon last occurred over Qatar sky one and a half century back.  During the annular solar eclipse on Thursday, the sun will appear as 'ring of fire' as the moon will be hiding the solar disk except for the outer periphery, astronomer expert at QCH Dr. Beshir Marzouk said.
The solar eclipse will be seen as annular eclipse from East-south of Saudi Arabia, South part of Qatar, parts of United Arab Emirates, Oman, India, and Indonesia, while it will be seen as a partial eclipse from South-east of Africa, parts of Europe, Asia, and Middle east. 
 The duration of all solar eclipse phases over its path will be five hours and thirty-five minutes.
The solar eclipse will be starting over Qatar sky as a partial solar eclipse at sunrise time at 6:17am, while the annular phase will be seen by 6:35am. The partial solar eclipse phase over Qatar sky will end at 7:50am Doha local time, Dr. Beshir Marzouk added.  
Generally, the solar eclipses occur when the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is fully or partially covered. This can only happen before a new Moon phase, when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction as seen from the Earth. 
There are four types of solar eclipse: total, partial, annular and hybrid.
It is harmful for the eyes to view the eclipse with naked eye. Eclipse glasses or filters can be used instead.  

Solar and lunar eclipses are important phenomena because they are validate astronomical calculations. The solar eclipses happen before the first of Hijric months (before new crescent), while lunar eclipse happens at the middle of Hijric months (at full moon phase). 

The public can see the eclipse from Al Thuraya Planetarium at Katara building 41, from 5:30am to 8:00am, Katara has informed.
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