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2. Solar eclipse - Wikipedia

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   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]

3. Next solar eclipse: When and where to view the celestial event

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   A total solar eclipse is far different from a partial eclipse or a ring of fire event, as the moon completely covers the sun, casting a shadow that plunges a swath of the Earth into darkness for ...

4. Eclipse to bring fun, educational activities to Portage County

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   Portage County is getting ready for what for most will be a once-in-a-lifetime event − the April 8 total solar eclipse. About 3:14 p.m. April 8, this area of Northeast Ohio could have some of ...

5. Teachers prepare students ahead of solar eclipse, which ...

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   Devansh Gupta, 11, of Toms River creates a pinhole viewer out of a cereal box to safely view the partial solar eclipse in April during Leigh Madigan's sixth grade science class at Toms River ...

6. 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 ...

7. Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 - Wikipedia

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   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. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the Sun.

8. Solar eclipse is coming. Learn all about the path and more ...

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   The solar eclipse educational sessions will occur on the following dates: 6 p.m. Wenesday, March 6, at the Elkins Park Library, 563 E. Church Road, Elkins Park.. 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 18, at the ...

9. Solar eclipse of December 14, 2020 - Wikipedia

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   A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, December 14, 2020, [1][2][3][4][5][6] with a magnitude of 1.0254. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's and the apparent path of the Sun and Moon intersect, blocking all direct sunlight and turning daylight into ...