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seen from Australia. It'll be an annular eclipse, in which the new moon resides too far away from Earth to totally cover over the sun's disk. A ring - or annulus - of sunshine will encircle the new moon silhouette during next month's annular eclipse, as seen from parts of Australia.
• Each month after May, for the next five months of 2013, the new moon will swing too far south of the sun for a solar eclipse to take place. Then, on November 3, 2013, the new moon will again swing directly in front of the sun. This time around, it'll be a total solar eclipse, which will be seen from the tropical regions of Africa.
• Bottom line: Today - April 10, 2013 - the new moon will pass largely unnoticed as it quietly transitions from the morning to the evening sky. Where is the moon? It's crossing the sky with the sun during the day. Its night side is facing us. That's why we can't see the moon anywhere in our sky.