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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
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]
The term eclipse is most often used to describe either a solar eclipse, when the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth's surface, or a lunar eclipse, when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. However, it can also refer to such events beyond the Earth–Moon system: for example, a planet moving into the shadow cast by one of its moons, a moon ...
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 ...
A look back at significant eclipses in America since the Revolutionary War.
Solar eclipse of November 29, 24 AD; Solar eclipse of August 2, 1133; Solar eclipse of May 1, 1185; Solar eclipse of August 21, 1560; Solar eclipse of March 7, 1598; Solar eclipse of April 8, 1652; Solar eclipse of August 12, 1654; Solar eclipse of August 12, 1673; Solar eclipse of May 12, 1706; Solar eclipse of May 3, 1715; Solar eclipse of ...
The eclipse was the key to the discovery—as so many solar eclipses before and since have illuminated new findings about our universe. ... scientists thought gravity was a simple force of mutual ...
Total solar eclipses can inspire a certain amount of awe, but they're nothing to be scared of. Of course, nobody told Earth's ancient civilizations that. Eclipse is derived from the ancient Greek ...