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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]
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, July 11, 1991, [1] with a magnitude of 1.08. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.
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 partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Monday, September 1 and Tuesday, September 2, 1997, [1] with a magnitude of 0.8988. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, May 29, 1919, [1] with a magnitude of 1.0719. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.
December 4, 2002 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2002 December 04 at 04:52:27.3 UTC First Umbral External Contact
An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Thursday, June 10, 2021, [1] [2] [3] [4] with a magnitude of 0.9435. A solar eclipse ...
The prediction of this solar eclipse helped to inspire Tycho Brahe's (1546–1601) interest in astronomy at the age of 13. [3] Tycho was born on December 14, 1546, in Knudstrup, in what is now South Sweden, which then was part of Denmark.