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Solar eclipse of August 12, 1654
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma0.4962
Magnitude1.0285
Maximum eclipse
Duration136 s (2 min 16 s)
Coordinates41°42′N 42°30′E / 41.7°N 42.5°E / 41.7; 42.5
Max. width of band110 km (68 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse10:17:43
References
Saros120 (41 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)8673

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.

Observations and history

The eclipse occurred during the Battle of Shklow (1654).

Related eclipses

It is a part of solar Saros 120.

Eclipse in art

  • De Eclipsi solari anno M. DC. LIV., die XII. augusti, in Europa a pluribus spectata tubo optico, satirical writing by Jakob Balde (1662).

See also

References

Solar eclipses
Features
Lists of eclipses
By era
Saros series (list)
Visibility
Historical
21 August 2017 total solar eclipse
Total/hybrid eclipses
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10 May 2013 annular eclipse
Annular eclipses
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23 October 2014 partial eclipse
Partial eclipses
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Other bodies
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