On March 20, 71 C.E., a hybrid solar eclipse darkened skies along a path that was 19 miles (31 kilometers) wide at its peak. Totality passed over Greece, where the philosopher Plutarch observed it and noted the corona. He later wrote in his dialogue De facie in orbe lunae, “Even if the moon, however, does Continue reading "March 20, 71 C.E.: Plutarch witnesses an eclipse" The post March 20, 71 C.E.: Plutarch witnesses an eclipse appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .