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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]
Ugarit eclipse. June 24, 1312 BC: Total 35 – 10:44 – 04m33s Anatolia: Known as Mursili's eclipse, could provide an absolute chronology of the ancient Near East. [1] [2] [3] 5 June 1302 BC Total 26 1.0805 0.2982 02:10:48 00:06:25 Early Chinese eclipse. 16 Apr 1178 BC Total 39 1.0599 0.5187 10:00:58 00:04:33 Odyssey Eclipse. 21 Apr 899 BC ...
Throughout history, eclipses prompt an enthusiasm among people that is contagious, according to author David Baron, whose book American Eclipse covers the 1878 eclipse, which led to a new kind of ...
On April 8, a solar eclipse will occur across North America, with a path of totality — total blockage of the sun by the moon — occurring throughout the day above several large U.S. cities in ...
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.
The eclipse was the key to the discovery—as so many solar eclipses before and since have illuminated new findings about our universe. Photograph (bromide print) showing the instruments used by ...
Solar eclipse of November 29, 24 AD; Solar eclipse of August 2, 1133; 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 ...