Solar_eclipse_of_August_12,_1654

Solar eclipse of August 12, 1654

Solar eclipse of August 12, 1654

Total eclipse

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).

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).

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