| Total eclipse | |
 Map | |
| Gamma | 0.5318 |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 1.064 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 273 s (4 min 33 s) |
| Coordinates | 50°48′N92°54′W / 50.8°N 92.9°W /50.8; -92.9 |
| Max. width of band | 247 km (153 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 17:10:09 |
| References | |
| Saros | 133 (29 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 8847 |
A totalsolar eclipse occurred on May 22, 1724. Asolar eclipse occurs when theMoon passes betweenEarth and theSun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon'sapparent 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.
This solar eclipse crossedIreland andGreat Britain near sunset, north-west to south-east track, from Galway to southern Wales and Devon in the west, eastwards to Hampshire and Sussex, but passing to the south of London.[1][2][3][4][5] It was to be 203 years before atotal solar eclipse was next witnessed from the British mainland, which had previously seen a total eclipse justnine years before, and Ireland will not see a total solar eclipse until2090.
It crossed what would later become the cityLos Angeles, CA in the morning, which constituted the village ofYaanga at the time. The next total eclipse over Los Angeles will not occur until October 15, 2498.[6]
It is a part ofsolar Saros 133.
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