Solar eclipse of September 23, 1699

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Solar eclipse of September 23, 1699
Hybrid eclipse
Gamma0.6999
Magnitude1.0095
Maximum eclipse
Duration49 s (0 min 49 s)
CoordinatesLua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Max. width of band46 km (29 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse10:16:12
References
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Catalog # (SE5000)8786

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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