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{{Infobox solar eclipse|1652Apr08}} |
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A total [[solar eclipse]] occurred on April 8, 1652. In contemporary British sources, the date is alternately listed as March 29, 1652 following the [[Old Style]] as Great Britain had not yet adopted of the [[Gregorian Calendar]] by that time.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.springer.com/us/book/9780333555644 |last1=Thulesius|first1=Olav|title=Nicholas Culpeper English Physician and Astrologer|date=1992|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0-230-37153-8 <!--031207546X--> |page=125 |deadurl=no |accessdate=July 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Simpson|first1=J.A.|last2=Weiner|first2=E.S.C.|title=The Oxford English Dictionary|date=1989|publisher=Clarendon Press|location=Oxford|isbn=0198612222|page=111}}</ref> 19th century authors further adjusted the date to March 24, 1652 so that it fell on a Monday.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Barrington|first1=D.|title=The Possibility of approaching the North Pole Asserted|journal=The Edinburgh Review|date=June 1818|volume=30|issue=59|page=29|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5-kEAAAAQAAJ |
A total [[solar eclipse]] occurred on April 8, 1652. In contemporary British sources, the date is alternately listed as March 29, 1652 following the [[Old Style]] as Great Britain had not yet adopted of the [[Gregorian Calendar]] by that time.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.springer.com/us/book/9780333555644 |last1=Thulesius|first1=Olav|title=Nicholas Culpeper English Physician and Astrologer|date=1992|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0-230-37153-8 <!--031207546X--> |page=125 |deadurl=no |accessdate=July 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Simpson|first1=J.A.|last2=Weiner|first2=E.S.C.|title=The Oxford English Dictionary|date=1989|publisher=Clarendon Press|location=Oxford|isbn=0198612222|page=111}}</ref> 19th century authors further adjusted the date to March 24, 1652 so that it fell on a Monday.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Barrington|first1=D.|title=The Possibility of approaching the North Pole Asserted|journal=The Edinburgh Review|date=June 1818|volume=30|issue=59|page=29|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5-kEAAAAQAAJ}}</ref> 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. |
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The path of totality intersected the [[United Kingdom]], as well as passing just off the west coast of [[Norway]]. |
The path of totality intersected the [[United Kingdom]], as well as passing just off the west coast of [[Norway]]. |
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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 following the Old Style as Great Britain had not yet adopted of the Gregorian Calendar by that time.[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.
Observing the eclipse from Carrickfergus, Ireland, Dr. John Wybard wrote in Latin:
Because this eclipse occurred on a Monday that day became popularly known as Mirk Monday.[6]
It is a part of solar Saros 133.
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