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  2. Lists of solar eclipses - Wikipedia

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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

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

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    Note the many solar prominences ejecting from the sun. From 1900 to 2100, the state of New Hampshire will have recorded a total of 78 solar eclipses, two of which are annular eclipses and four of which are total eclipses. One of the annular solar eclipses occurred on May 10, 1994, and the other will occur on July 23, 2093.

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

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    This total solar eclipse had a maximum duration of 7 minutes and 7.74 seconds. The longest possible duration of a total solar eclipse is 7 minutes and 32 seconds. The longest annular solar eclipse of the 20th century took place on December 14, 1955, with a duration of 12 minutes and 9.17 seconds. The maximum possible duration is 12 minutes and ...

  5. Photos of people looking at solar eclipses from 1907 to the ...

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    A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon completely blocks the sun. And they are pretty rare. Over the past century, only 13 total solar eclipses have been visible in the United States .

  6. List of solar eclipses in antiquity - Wikipedia

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    Eclipse occurring prior to Xerxes' first march against Greece. The exact dating has been debated, as the writings of Herodotus (who chronicled the eclipse) give a date for which there was no eclipse visible in that area of the world. [7] August 3, 431 BC Annular 48 – 14:54:51:8 – 01m04.5s Greece, Mediterranean Sea

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

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    This total solar eclipse had a maximum duration of 6 minutes and 38.86 seconds. The longest possible duration of a total solar eclipse is 7 minutes and 32 seconds. 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 ...

  8. What the World Has Learned From Past Eclipses - AOL

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    The eclipse was the key to the discovery—as so many solar eclipses before and since have illuminated new findings about our universe. Photograph (bromide print) showing the instruments used by ...

  9. Solar eclipse - Wikipedia

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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]