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A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, July 11, 1991, [1] with a magnitude of 1.08. 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.
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, August 11, 1999, [1] with a magnitude of 1.0286. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the light of the sun for a viewer on earth.
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 Earth, totally or partially.Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season in its new moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of Earth's orbit. [1]
The prediction of this solar eclipse helped to inspire Tycho Brahe's (1546–1601) interest in astronomy at the age of 13. [3] Tycho was born on December 14, 1546, in Knudstrup, in what is now South Sweden, which then was part of Denmark.
December 4, 2002 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2002 December 04 at 04:52:27.3 UTC First Umbral External Contact
The solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, also known as the Great North American Eclipse, [1] [2] was a total solar eclipse visible across a band covering parts of North America, from Mexico to Canada and crossing the contiguous United States.
It was seen during the Fall of Constantinople (the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire), during the siege that lasted from Thursday, 5 April 1453 until Tuesday, 29 May 1453), after which the city fell to the Ottomans.
In 2018, French nu-disco band L'Impératrice released their album titled 'Matahari' containing a song of the same name. [67] In 2019, English singer-songwriter Frank Turner released a song about Mata Hari entitled "Eye of the Day" on his album No Man's Land. [68] [69] In 2020, the Dutch singer Kovacs released a single titled “Mata Hari”.