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This quote is cited erroneously--there is no "Dr. Wyberg," the man in question is Dr. John Wybard, who saw the eclipse from Carrickfergus, Ireland, and whose description is quoted in Latin in Vincent Wing's "Astronomia Britannica" (1696)
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== Observations == |
== Observations == |
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Observed from [[Carrickfergus]], [[ |
Observed from [[Carrickfergus]], [[Ireland]], Dr. John Wybard wrote: |
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: "[The Sun was reduced] to a very slender crescent of light, the Moon all at once threw herself within the margin of the solar disc with such agility that she seemed to revolve like an upper millstone, affording a pleasant spectacle of rotatory motion."<ref>[http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SENL/SENL200304.pdf Solar Eclipse newsletter, April 2003]</ref> |
: "[The Sun was reduced] to a very slender crescent of light, the Moon all at once threw herself within the margin of the solar disc with such agility that she seemed to revolve like an upper millstone, affording a pleasant spectacle of rotatory motion."<ref>[http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SENL/SENL200304.pdf Solar Eclipse newsletter, April 2003]</ref> |
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| Solar eclipse of April 8, 1652 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.7713 |
| Magnitude | 1.0412 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 169 s (2 min 49 s) |
| Coordinates | 49°36′N 8°54′W / 49.6°N 8.9°W / 49.6; -8.9 |
| Max. width of band | 213 km (132 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 10:22:28 |
| References | |
| Saros | 133 (25 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 8666 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on April 8, 1652. In contemporary British sources, the date is alternately listed as March 29, 1652 due to Great Britain's 1752 adoption of the New Style, or Gregorian Calendar.[1][2] 19th century authors further adjusted the date to March 24, 1652 so that it fell on a Monday.[3]Asolar 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. The path of totality intersected the United Kingdom, as well as passing just off the west coast of Norway.
Observed from Carrickfergus, Ireland, Dr. John Wybard wrote:
Because this eclipse occurred on a Monday that day became popularly known as Mirk Monday.[5]
It is a part of solar Saros 133.
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