I saw totality during the solar eclipse last year
Where I lived I didn't see much. I didn't have the glasses for it. I hated that.
It was amazing. It happens when the moon passes between the sun and the earth.
Yes that was a special solar eclipse.
Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when a portion of the Earth is engulfed in a shadow cast by the Moon which fully or partially blocks ("occults") sunlight. This occurs when the Sun, Moon and Earth are aligned. Such alignment coincides with a new moon (syzygy) indicating the Moon is closest to the ecliptic plane. In a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured.
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Solar eclipse of December 2, 1880
A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 2, 1880 during spring. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
It was the last of four eclipses that took place that year, the last two that were partial. It was the last