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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 ...
Pre-Modern. List of solar eclipses in antiquity (20th century BCE to 4th century CE/AD); List of solar eclipses in the Middle Ages (5th to 15th century); Modern history. List of solar eclipses in the 16th century
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 ...
763 BC—June 15—A solar eclipse at this date (in month Sivan) is used to fix the chronology of the Ancient Near East. [ 1 ] Amaziah, king of Judah, dies and is succeeded by his son Uzziah.
A recently created lesson plan for Wisconsin teachers gives guidance to discuss how ancient peoples viewed solar eclipses in Wisconsin.
The Assyrian eclipse, also known as the Bur-Sagale eclipse, was a solar eclipse recorded in Assyrian eponym lists that most likely dates to the tenth year of the reign of king Ashur-dan III. The eclipse is identified with the one that occurred on 15 June 763 BC in the proleptic Julian calendar .
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.
The last time Detroit saw a total solar eclipse was June 16, 1806. Here's a little about what the city was like at that time.