https://youtu.be/dgMrdAbKBjM?si=W0-JtAWWCijZm2fT 2023 10 14 Annular Solar Eclipse at Stanford, Palo Alto, California . A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season in its new moon phase, when the M..