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 List of solar eclipses visible from the United Kingdom 1000–2090 AD
References
NASA chart graphics Googlemap NASA Besselian elements