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The game Terraria features a solar eclipse as a rare event that causes monsters inspired by popular horror fiction and films to attack the player. In Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops III, the Zombies maps Der Riese and The Giant feature a solar eclipse.
Pinhead appears in the action adventure sandbox game Terraria as an enemy in the game's Solar Eclipse event. He has been renamed to "Nailhead" and possesses the ability to launch nails at the player. He has been renamed to "Nailhead" and possesses the ability to launch nails at the player.
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 most recent total solar eclipse in the United States was on April 8, 2024; the most recent annular solar eclipse was on October 14, 2023; and the most recent partial solar eclipse was on October 2, 2024 (in Hawaii only), whereas the most recent partial solar eclipse in the contiguous United States was on June 10, 2021 (not counting October ...
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 ...
This is a partial list of solar eclipses visible from Britain and Ireland between AD 1 – AD 2091.. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. Below is a complete list of total and annular eclipses visible anywhere within the modern extent of the United Kingdom between AD 1 and AD 2090 [1] and a ...
Likewise, 9 years and 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 days after a total solar eclipse or an annular solar eclipse occurs, a total lunar eclipse will also occur. This 9-year period is referred to as a sar. It includes 111 + 1 ⁄ 2 synodic months, or 111 synodic months plus one fortnight. The fortnight accounts for the alternation between solar and lunar eclipse.
A painting by Lucien Rudaux showing how a solar eclipse might appear when viewed from the lunar surface. [1] A simulation of the start and end of the August 28, 2007 lunar eclipse, viewed from the center of the Moon. [2] Solar eclipses on the Moon are caused when the planet Earth passes in front of the Sun and blocks its light.