Solar eclipse — Wikipedia views
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A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and casts its shadow on the surface. Totality — the Sun fully covered — is visible only along a narrow track a few dozen miles wide, so any given place waits centuries between them.
Aug 17 · 8,844 views/day · +732.8% vs the window’s open
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| when | value | change |
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| Jul 19low | 1,062 views/day | |
| Jul 20 | 1,224 views/day | +15.3% |
| Jul 21 | 1,298 views/day | +6.0% |
| Jul 22 | 1,192 views/day | −8.2% |
| Jul 23 | 1,288 views/day | +8.1% |
| Jul 24 | 1,165 views/day | −9.5% |
| Jul 25 | 1,111 views/day | −4.6% |
| Jul 26 | 1,130 views/day | +1.7% |
| Jul 27 | 1,547 views/day | +36.9% |
| Jul 28 | 1,479 views/day | −4.4% |
| Jul 29 | 1,826 views/day | +23.5% |
| Jul 30 | 1,771 views/day | −3.0% |
| Jul 31 | 1,839 views/day | +3.8% |
| Aug 1 | 2,232 views/day | +21.4% |
| Aug 2 | 2,796 views/day | +25.3% |
| Aug 3 | 3,111 views/day | +11.3% |
| Aug 4 | 3,154 views/day | +1.4% |
| Aug 5 | 3,386 views/day | +7.4% |
| Aug 6 | 3,543 views/day | +4.6% |
| Aug 7 | 3,935 views/day | +11.1% |
| Aug 8 | 4,978 views/day | +26.5% |
| Aug 9 | 7,685 views/day | +54.4% |
| Aug 10 | 11,407 views/day | +48.4% |
| Aug 11 | 23,588 views/day | +106.8% |
| Aug 12high | 102,257 views/day | +333.5% |
| Aug 13 | 35,618 views/day | −65.2% |
| Aug 14 | 17,138 views/day | −51.9% |
| Aug 15 | 10,450 views/day | −39.0% |
| Aug 16 | 8,465 views/day | −19.0% |
| Aug 17latest | 8,844 views/day | +4.5% |
Lately
The Moon's shadow crossed Greenland, Iceland and Spain on 12 August, Europe's first totality in 30 years, and readership peaked at 102,300 that day. Totality was brief along the path — 81 seconds at Teruel, under two minutes at Burgos — while Scotland's cloudy skies left eclipse hunters with mixed fortunes and the Channel Islands saw 90% coverage.