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List of solar eclipses in the Middle Ages (5th to 15th century) Modern history. List of solar eclipses in the 16th century; List of solar eclipses in the 17th century; List of solar eclipses in the 18th century; List of solar eclipses in the 19th century; List of solar eclipses in the 20th century; List of solar eclipses in the 21st century; Future
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]
This total solar eclipse had a maximum duration of 7 minutes and 7.74 seconds. The longest possible duration of a total solar eclipse is 7 minutes and 32 seconds. The longest annular solar eclipse of the 20th century took place on December 14, 1955, with a duration of 12 minutes and 9.17 seconds. The maximum possible duration is 12 minutes and ...
Solar eclipse of May 1, 1185; Solar eclipse of August 21, 1560; Solar eclipse of March 7, 1598; Solar eclipse of April 8, 1652; Solar eclipse of August 12, 1654; Solar eclipse of August 12, 1673; Solar eclipse of May 12, 1706; Solar eclipse of May 3, 1715; Solar eclipse of May 22, 1724; Solar eclipse of February 9, 1766; Solar eclipse of June ...
Eclipse occurring prior to Xerxes' first march against Greece. The exact dating has been debated, as the writings of Herodotus (who chronicled the eclipse) give a date for which there was no eclipse visible in that area of the world. [7] August 3, 431 BC Annular 48 – 14:54:51:8 – 01m04.5s Greece, Mediterranean Sea
This is a list of solar eclipses visible from the United States between 1901 and 2100. All eclipses whose path of totality or annularity passes through the land territory of the current fifty U.S. states and the District of Columbia are included. All types of solar eclipses, whether recent, upcoming, or in the past, are also included.
This is a list of solar eclipses in the 16th century. During the period 1501 to 1600 there were 228 solar eclipses of which 75 were partial, 72 were annular (three non-central), 62 were total, and 19 were hybrids. The greatest number of eclipses in one year was four, occurring in 1508, 1526, 1573, and 1591. [1]
The solar eclipse of July 5 (sometimes erroneously reported as June 7), [3] as well as the eclipse of November 30 a few months later, caused Charlemagne to write a letter in 811 to Waldo, abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Denis in Paris, asking the Irish monk Dungal, then resident at the abbey, to analyze the eclipses; he did so, relying on Roman ...