Examples: 1  Find the periodic payment of an annuity due of $70000, payable annually for 3 years at 15% compounded annually. 2  Find the periodic payment of an annuity due of $250700, payable quarterly for 8 years at 5% compounded quarterly.
Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. A total solar eclipse will take place on Monday, August 21, 2017. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.
In addition to total eclipses, there are other sorts of eclipses as well, and some of them might be visible from your location. In 2013, the next eclipse will be a hybrid solar eclipse on November 3, 2013. Read more about the November 3, 2013 hybrid solar eclipse here.