Question by crab: Which is the longest solar eclipse up to date?
Ther a number of total solar ecipses.there must be a longest duration of some.
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Answer by Doris BAll solar eclipses have the same duration.
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The solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 was the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting as much as 6 minutes and 39 seconds in some places. The eclipse was part of saros series 136, like the record-setting solar eclipse of July 11, 1991. The next event from this series will be on August 2, 2027. The exceptional duration was a result of the moon being near perigee, with the apparent diameter of the moon 8% larger than the sun (magnitude 1.080) and the Earth being near aphelion where the sun appeared slightly smaller. This was the second in the series of three eclipses in a month, with the lunar eclipse on July 7 and the lunar eclipse on August 6.
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Which is the longest solar eclipse up to date?
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