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  2. Lunar Saros 133 - Wikipedia

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    Cat. Saros Mem Date Time UT (hr:mn) Type Gamma Magnitude Duration (min) Contacts UT (hr:mn) Chart Greatest Pen. Par. Tot. P1 P4 U1 U2 U3 U4 08563: 133: 1: 1557 May 13

  3. November 2020 lunar eclipse - Wikipedia

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    A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Monday, November 30, 2020, [1] with an umbral magnitude of −0.2602. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's ...

  4. Historically significant lunar eclipses - Wikipedia

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    This partial lunar eclipse 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. The lunar eclipse was considered to be fulfilling a prophecy for the city's demise.

  5. 'A very human event:' Rediscovering local heritage through ...

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    Beyond science: 'The eclipse is part of the human experience' For over 25 years Ground has been a professional storyteller. He said what drives his work is a felt responsibility to express how the ...

  6. Timeline of Chinese astronomy - Wikipedia

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    c. 1100 BC - Chinese first determine the spring equinox. 776 BC - Chinese make the earliest reliable record of a solar eclipse. 613 BC - In July, a Comet, possibly Comet Halley, is recorded in the Spring and Autumn Annals (秋七月,有星孛入于北斗).

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  8. What ancient civilizations thought of solar eclipses

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    The eclipse begins at 6:25p.m. EST, and the total eclipse starts at 7:34 p.m. EST. Total solar eclipses can inspire a certain amount of awe, but they're nothing to be scared of.

  9. Eclipses in mythology and culture - Wikipedia

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    French Jesuits observing an eclipse with King Narai and his court in April 1688, shortly before the Siamese revolution. The periodicity of lunar eclipses been deduced by Neo-Babylonian astronomers in the sixth century BCE [6] and the periodicity of solar eclipses was deduced in first century BCE by Greek astronomers, who developed the Antikythera mechanism [7] and had understood the Sun, Moon ...