Quiz

It seems unlikely to me, considering that eclipses are quite noticeable and not the rarest of events. Although, of course, movies often feature all sorts of nonsense.

At a certain point on the Earth's surface, eclipses in a large phase occur relatively rarely, and total solar eclipses are even rarer. For example, in Moscow from the 11th to the 18th century, 159 solar eclipses with a phase greater than 0.5 could be observed, of which only 3 were total (August 11, 1124, March 20, 1140, and June 7, 1415)...