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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.
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]
An eclipse season is the only time when the Sun (from the perspective of the Earth) is close enough to one of the Moon's nodes to allow an eclipse to occur. During the season, whenever there is a full moon a lunar eclipse may occur and whenever there is a new moon a solar eclipse may occur.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. Astronomical event where one body is hidden by another For other uses, see Eclipse (disambiguation). "Total eclipse" redirects here. For other uses, see Total eclipse (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Eclipes. Totality during the 1999 solar eclipse. Solar prominences can be seen ...
Occultation of Uranus during the lunar eclipse on 8 November 2022. Occultation of a star by the Moon. The term occultation is most frequently used to describe lunar occultations, those relatively frequent occasions when the Moon passes in front of a star during the course of its orbital motion around the Earth.
Dan Michael Morgenstern [1] (October 24, 1929 – September 7, 2024) was an American jazz historian and archivist. [2] Born to a Jewish family in Germany, Morgenstern fled Nazi-occupied Austria with his mother and in 1947 emigrated to the United States. He first began visiting jazz clubs as a teenager and worked at The New York Times.
"Terang Bulan" (lit. ' "Bright Moon" ' ) is a traditional Malay song. This song is an adaptation based on The state anthem of Perak named " Allah Lanjutkan Usia Sultan " which translates to "God Lengthen the Sultan's Age".