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Eclipses (Solar and Lunar) |
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Solar Eclipses |
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The power of solar eclipses has had a tremendous effect on civilizations around the world. To the ancients, an unexpected eclipse was both awesome and terrifying. Knowledge is power and to be able to predict these events meant having the ability to control the masses. This terminology will let you know more about the terms used.
The interactive Google maps or the Google Earth kmz files let you explore the path of totality and compute local circumstances of contemporary eclipses. Or explore the Five Millennium (-1999 to +3000) Canon of Solar Eclipses and its 11,898 eclipses to help you prepare your eclipse journeys or study historical events. You can use this solar eclipse calculator to compute the local circumstances of an eclipse, and the solar eclipse timer notifies the beginning of the various events. A time exposure calculator is there to help you choose your camera settings. |
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Lunar Eclipses |
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The lunar eclipses, total or not, are far less outstanding than total eclipses of the Sun. But the eclipses of the Moon frequency is much higher: they occur several times a year and are visible in large areas of the Earth, making their observation much easier.
To compute all the dates and types of eclipses of the Moon, a lunar eclipse calculator is available for your own use. A time exposure calculator is there to help you choose your camera settings. You can also explore the Five Millennium (-1999 to +3000) Canon of Lunar Eclipses and create Google Maps and Google Earth files for 12,064 eclipses.
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Total eclipse of the sun seen from Cassini at Saturn on September 15, 2006
(courtesy of Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for OPerationS (CICLOPS))
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