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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]
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 ...
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
Solar eclipses are relatively brief events that can only be viewed in totality along a relatively narrow track. Under the most favorable circumstances, a total solar eclipse can last for 7 minutes, 31 seconds, and can be viewed along a track that is up to 250 km wide. However, the region where a partial eclipse can be observed is much larger.
A total solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, while fully blocking the face of the sun. Lunar eclipses occur at the full moon phase. When Earth is positioned ...
Viking mythology held that solar eclipses were the work of Sköll, a wolf pursuing the sun god Sol. When Sköll swallowed the sun, those on Earth made as much noise as they could to drive it off.
Date of eclipse Type Saros Magnitude Gamma Time () Central Duration Eclipse Path Notes Start Mid End 22 Oct 2137 BC Annular 9 0.9736 0.3842 – 03:25:29
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. Of these, two annular and three total eclipses were non-central, [1] in the sense that the very center (axis) of the Moon's shadow will miss the Earth (for more information see ...