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Solar eclipse of September 23, 1699
17th-century total solar eclipse From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A total solar eclipse occurred on September 23, 1699.[1] 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,[2] 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.
A narrow path of totality just clipped the north-east corner of Scotland, including Wick.[3]
Giovanni Domenico Cassini produced the first ever map of a solar eclipse for this event, showing the line of centrality, partial eclipse, and the limits of the eclipse.[4][5] In Scotland, the eclipse was total to the north of Caithness for a brief interval, and a near total eclipse was observed in Edinburgh.[6][7] From England, Samuel Pepys noted an eclipse of the Sun, although it was dated September 3, 1699.[8] The total eclipse was recorded from the Crimean peninsula by a Jewish rabbi named Debar Śepatayim, who interpreted it as a sign.[9] Coincidentally, 1699 marked the final year of the Maunder Minimum.[10]
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