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.
Update: As of today (May 30 2012) the next total solar eclipse will be on November 13, 2012. The path of totality will include the northern tip of Australia and a vast swath of the South Pacific Ocean. The next total solar eclipse in North America will be on August 21, 2017.