title: Solar eclipse of April 16, 1874
text: # Solar eclipse of April 16, 1874
  
  A total solar eclipse occurred on Thursday, April 16, 1874. 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.
  
  ## Related eclipses
  
  It is a part of solar Saros 117.
  
  