10 Facts About Solar eclipse

Solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring Earth's view of the Sun, totally or partially.

The magnitude of an Solar eclipse is the ratio of the apparent size of the Moon to the apparent size of the Sun during an Solar eclipse.

Central Solar eclipse is often used as a generic term for a total, annular, or hybrid Solar eclipse.

Width of the track of a central Solar eclipse varies according to the relative apparent diameters of the Sun and Moon.

Besselian elements are used to predict whether an Solar eclipse will be partial, annular, or total, and what the Solar eclipse circumstances will be at any given location.

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Hundreds of millions of years in the past, the Moon was closer to the Earth and therefore apparently larger, so every solar eclipse was total or partial, and there were no annular eclipses.

The ancient Greek historian Herodotus wrote that Thales of Miletus predicted an Solar eclipse that occurred during a battle between the Medes and the Lydians.

The exact Solar eclipse involved remains uncertain, although the issue has been studied by hundreds of ancient and modern authorities.

Solar eclipse filters are required for digital photography even if an optical viewfinder is not used.

Each Solar eclipse is separated by one, five or six lunations, and the midpoint of each season is separated by 173.