Nature Total Magnitude 1.0285 Max. width of band 110 km (68 mi) Start date August 12, 1654 | Gamma 0.4962 Duration 136 sec (2 m 16 s) Greatest eclipse 10:17:43 | |
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A total solar eclipse occurred on August 12, 1654. 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 occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
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Observations and history
The eclipse occurred during the Battle of Shklow (1654).
Related eclipses
It is a part of solar Saros 120.
References
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