Solar Eclipses

Total eclipses are considered rare events although they happen on average every 18 months somewhere in the world. The probability of one reoccurring in the same place is something like 370 years.

There was a partial eclipse on 3rd Sept 1671 in Japan.

The eclipse must occur during daytime at your location, you must be located within a few

tens of miles of the central path of the eclipse, the sky at your location must be clear at the

time of totality, and you must be awake and outside.

Eclipse was foaled on April 1, 1764.

A solar eclipse is when the Moon covers the disk of the Sun - hence everything becomes dark, like a night. In the same way that you wouldn't do anything with a knife in the dark normally, you wouldn't want to risk cutting yourself during the time that the solar eclipse is taking place - you won't be able to see to fix it for about four minutes, after all.

I think the questioner is implying that holding a knife during a solar eclipse is a superstition in some cultures. Also, even during a total solar eclipse it never gets as dark as the middle of the night; there is still plenty of diffused light from the corona. It feels and looks like a few minutes after sunset.

Answer: By tracking the Earth and the moon's orbit allows scientists to predict total solar eclipses. Since they can follow the orbits of both the Earth and Moon, scientists can calculate the exact movement when the Sun, Earth and Moon will be in alignment.

It depends on what day it is and what time of the year it is.






That depends on where the Moon is.
The Moon orbits the Earth but the apparent rising and setting of the Moon is caused by the Earth's rotation not the motion of the Moon (just like the apparent motion of the Sun). Therefore the time between two consecutive moonrises is about 24 hours. This 'about' is quite important. Because it is not exactly the same as the time between consecutive sunrises (read: because the Moon is moving) the relative positions of the Sun and Moon change so the time between sunrise and the next moonrise changes. (ps the relative positions of the Sun and Moon can be seen in the moons phase- hence I've used that below)
During the full Moon moonrise is about 12 hours after sunrise.
During the first quarter moonrise is 6 hour after.
Last Quarter: 18 hours after (6 hour before)
During the new moon they happen at about the same time.

Yes. From Earth, you can see the shados of the four greater moons when they pass in front of Jupiter - this means that for a Jupiterian, the moon would eclipse the Sun. It is interesting to note that unlike on Earth, on Jupiter this is an almost daily phenomenon.

Never, i repeat Never stare at a solar eclipse as it will burn the retina out of your head. that is where the moon blocks out the sun whereas a lunar eclipse is where the sun blocks out the moon and that is perfectly fine to look at!!

This information is incorrect. The 1959 total solar eclipse had totality go through the Northern half of Massachusetts, and Boston just caught the edge. Connecticut missed it. The last total solar eclipse visible as totality, from Connecticut was on January 24th, 1925. Totality covered all of the state, except the very northeast corner. New York City was JUST outside of the path of totality, but if New Yorkers traveled to the Bronx, they caught totality !!

• A solar eclipse is a rare but beautiful occasion.
• There are only a few places in the world where the solar eclipse will be visible.
• Thousands of people watched the solar eclipse through specially provided pinhole glasses.

During a solar eclipse, it is the shadow of the moon that travels across part of the Earth as it passes between the Earth and the Sun. This creates the phenomenon where the moon blocks the sunlight from reaching the Earth's surface, causing a temporary darkness known as the eclipse.

i am not afraid to die and you shouldnt be eithier. it is natural process that eventually happens. well we can be afraid of anything and not have a life,or have a lives with certain necessary.

The average duration of a total solar eclipse is around 7.5 minutes, but it can vary from a few seconds to a maximum of about 7.5 minutes depending on the specific path and circumstances of the eclipse.

The Earth orbits the Sun in a plane that we call the "ecliptic". If the Moon orbited the Earth in that same plane, we would experience eclipses every month. But the plane of the Moon's orbit is about 5 degrees tilted from the ecliptic, and so we only see eclipses at the "nodes" when the Moon's orbital plane crosses the ecliptic at the new or full moons.

the moon moves between you and the sun blocking your view of the sun - but not entirely, viewing the eclipse without eye protection could damage your eyes possibly leading up vision loss or even blindness

The solar eclipse of 1979 occurred on February 26, 1979. It was a total solar eclipse visible in parts of North America, specifically in the Pacific Northwest, northern Midwest, and Northeastern United States.

Yes, it is. However, it is NOT safe to ever look at the sun during a solar eclipse. The moon blocks enough of the direct sunlight so that the irises remain open, but this leaves the eyes vulnerable to radiation dangerous to them. Never observe a solar eclipse with the eyes unprotected. Lunar eclipses are safe to observe with the naked eye.

Because a solar eclipse occurs when the moon blocks the sun. The only way for this to happen is if the moon is between the sun and the earth. When the moon is between the sun and the earth, it is a new moon.

A total solar eclipse is visible from many places the best include places that are higher than others so that you can look more directly at it note that it is horrible for your eyes to look directly at a solar eclipse so try not to look directly at it!