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  2. NASA - Solar Eclipses of History - NASA Eclipse Web Site

    eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhistory/SEhistory.html

    It is left to the reader to evaluate whether the eclipse association is valid or not. The following two tables list solar eclipses identified with some historical event of note. When selected, each Calendar Date links to a global map of Earth showing the region of visibility for that eclipse.

  3. Solar Eclipses in History - timeanddate.com

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    Surviving records have shown that the Babylonians and the ancient Chinese were able to predict solar eclipses as early as 2500 BCE. In China, solar eclipses were thought to be associated with the health and success of the emperor, and failing to predict one meant putting him in danger.

  4. List of solar eclipses visible from the United States - Wikipedia

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    The most recent total solar eclipse in the United States was on April 8, 2024; the most recent annular solar eclipse was on October 14, 2023; and the most recent partial solar eclipse was on October 2, 2024 (in Hawaii only), whereas the most recent partial solar eclipse in the contiguous United States was on June 10, 2021 (not counting October ...

  5. NASA - Solar Eclipse Page - NASA Eclipse Web Site

    eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/solar.html

    Dates, maps and details for 5000 years of solar eclipses can be found in: Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000. The Javascript Solar Eclipse Explorer lets you calculate the visibility of solar eclipses from any city for hundreds of years in the past and future: Javascript Solar Eclipse Explorer.

  6. List of solar eclipses in the 21st century - Wikipedia

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    The longest annular solar eclipse of the 21st century took place on January 15, 2010, with a duration of 11 minutes and 7.8 seconds. The maximum possible duration is 12 minutes and 29 seconds. The eclipse of May 20, 2050, will be the second hybrid eclipse in the span of less than one year, the first one being on November 25, 2049. [a]

  7. List of solar eclipses in the 20th century - Wikipedia

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    Total solar eclipse of June 8, 1937, from Kanton Island. During the 20th century, there were 228 solar eclipses of which 78 were partial, 73 were annular, 71 were total and 6 were hybrids between total and annular eclipses.

  8. Below are the total solar eclipses since 1901 that resulted in a partial eclipse occurring across eastern Iowa, northwest and west central Illinois, and far northeast Missouri starting with the most recent total solar eclipse first.

  9. Eclipses: History - Science@NASA

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    Eclipses have been occurring on Earth since long before humans walked the planet. Throughout time, humans have had different interpretations of and reactions to these striking celestial events. The oldest recorded eclipse in human history may have been on Nov. 30, 3340 B.C.E.

  10. NASA - Maps of Solar Eclipses in North America

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    The following maps show the path of every total or annular solar eclipse visible from North America during the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. The maps are broken down into 50 year periods and are organized by eclipse type (total or annular). Each map is stored as a gif of 82 to 86 kilobytes.

  11. See the full list of past total solar eclipses in the U.S ...

    www.cbsnews.com/news/list-past-total-solar-eclipses-us

    The first recorded total solar eclipse was in 1778, according to NASA, just a few short years after the United States became an independent country.