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Quick Answer. During a solar eclipse, the period of totality, which is when the Sun is completely covered, can last as long as seven minutes and 31 seconds, but most end sooner. During this brief phenomenon, the sun's corona can be seen. Continue Reading.
In the last 4000 years, the longest solar eclipse lasted for 7 minutes, 28 seconds. It happened 15 June 743BC, and would have been visible across southern Africa. Chances are no one saw the maximum duration, as it occurred several hundred miles off shore.