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.
The solar eclipse in question will take place on Aug. 21, 2017. Total eclipses are cool enough on their own, but this one is particularly special because it will span the continental United States from Oregon to South Carolina, passing over both the Rockies and the Appalachians.