List of solar eclipses
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Selected solar eclipses, past and future.
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[edit] Antiquity
| Date of eclipse |
Time (UTC) | Type | Central Duration (*) | Eclipse Path | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Mid | End | |||||
| September 14, 3009 BC | - | - | total | India | Described by Vyas in Mahabharata. Similar to eclipse on 24 November 2003. Also description of other planets and comet (Hale) given by Vyas matches the year 3009 BC.[citation needed] | ||
| June 24, 1312 BC | - | 10:44 | - | total | 04m33s | Anatolia | Mursili's eclipse |
| June 15, 763 BC | - | 08:23 | - | total | 04m59s | attested in Assyrian sources; [1] | |
| 28 May 585 BC | - | 14:28 | - | total | 06m05s | predicted by Thales of Miletus, occurred during the Battle of Halys; [2] | |
[edit] 20th century
There were a total of 228 solar eclipses in the 20th century, 78 partial, 73 annular, 71 total and 6 hybrid.
| Date of eclipse |
Time (UTC) | Type | Central Duration (*) | Eclipse Path | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Mid | End | |||||
| May 29, 1919 | - | 13:09 | - | total | 06m51s | West Africa | Photographed by Arthur Eddington to verify general relativity |
| January 15, 1991 | - | 23:53 | - | annular | 07m53s | - | |
| July 11, 1991 | - | 19:06 | - | total | 06m53s | - | |
| January 04, 1992 | - | 23:05 | - | annular | 11m41s | - | |
| June 30, 1992 | - | 12:10 | - | total | 05m21s | - | |
| December 24, 1992 | - | 00:31 | - | partial | - | - | |
| May 21, 1993 | - | 14:19 | - | partial | - | - | |
| November 13, 1993 | - | 21:45 | - | partial | - | - | |
| May 10, 1994 | - | 17:11 | - | annular | 06m14s | - | |
| November 03, 1994 | - | 13:39 | - | total | 04m23s | - | |
| April 29, 1995 | - | 17:32 | - | annular | 06m37s | - | |
| May 21, 1993 | - | 14:19 | - | partial | - | - | |
| November 13, 1993 | - | 21:45 | - | partial | - | - | |
| May 10, 1994 | - | 17:11 | - | annular | 06m14s | - | |
| November 3, 1994 | - | 13:39 | - | total | 04m23s | South America (Chile,Bolivia) | - |
| April 29, 1995 | - | 17:32 | - | annular | 06m37s | - | |
| October 24, 1995 | - | 04:32 | - | total | 02m10s | Middle East, Asia, Indonesia, Australia (Iran, India, Thailand, SE Asia) | |
| April 17, 1996 | - | 22:37 | - | partial | - | - | |
| October 12, 1996 | - | 14:02 | - | partial | - | - | |
| March 09, 1997 | - | 01:24 | - | total | 02m50s | - | |
| September 02, 1997 | - | 00:04 | - | partial | - | - | |
| February 26, 1998 | - | 17:28 | - | total | 04m09s | - | |
| August 22, 1998 | - | 02:06 | - | annular | 03m14s | - | |
| February 16, 1999 | - | 06:34 | - | annular | 00m40s | - | |
| August 11, 1999 | 09:29 | 11:03 | 12:36 | total | 02m23s | Europe, Asia | Solar eclipse of 1999 August 11 |
| February 5, 2000 | - | 12:49 | - | partial | - | - | |
| July 1, 2000 | - | 19:33 | - | partial | - | - | |
| July 31, 2000 | - | 02:13 | - | partial | - | - | |
| December 25, 2000 | - | 17:35 | - | partial | - | - | |
[edit] 21st century
224 solar eclipses take place in the 21st century; 77 partial, 72 annular, 68 total and 7 hybrid.
| Date of eclipse |
Time (UTC) | Type | Central Duration (*) | Eclipse Path | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Mid | End | |||||
| June 21, 2001 | 10:35 | 12:03 | 13:31 | total | 04:57 min | South America, Africa | Solar eclipse of 2001 June 21 |
| December 14, 2001 | - | 20:52 | - | annular | 03:53 min | North and Middle America | |
| June 10, 2002 | - | 23:44 | - | annular | 00:23 min | Asia, Australia, North America | |
| December 4, 2002 | 05:50 | 07:31 | 9:11 | total | 02:04 min | South Africa, Antarctica, Indonesia, Australia | Solar eclipse of 2002 December 4 |
| May 31, 2003 | - | 04:08 | - | annular | 03:37 min | Europe, Asia, North America | |
| November 23, 2003 | 22:19 | 22:49 | 23:18 | total | 01:57 min | Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, South America | Solar eclipse of 2003 November 23 |
| April 19, 2004 | - | 13:34 | - | partial | - | Antarctica, South Africa | |
| October 14, 2004 | - | 02:59 | - | partial | - | Asia, Hawaii, Alaska | |
| April 8, 2005 | - | 20:36 | - | hybrid | 00:42 min | Pacific, Middle America | |
| October 3, 2005 | 08:41 | 10:31 | 12:22 | annular | 04:32 min | Northern Africa, Europe, Western Asia, Middle East and India | Solar eclipse of 2005 October 3 |
| March 29, 2006 | 08:36 | 10:11 | 11:48 | total | 04:07 min | West Africa, North Africa, Greece, Turkey, Central Asia, Mongolia | Solar eclipse of 2006 March 29 |
| September 22, 2006 | - | 11:40 | - | annular | 07:09 min | South America, West Africa, Antarctica | |
| March 19, 2007 | - | 02:32 | - | partial | - | Asia, Alaska | |
| September 11, 2007 | - | 12:31 | - | partial | - | South America, Antarctica | |
| February 7, 2008 | - | 03:55 | - | annular | 02:12 min | Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand | |
| August 1, 2008 | - | 10:21 | - | total | 02:27 min | NE N. America, Asia (N. Canada, Greenland, Siberia, Mongolia, China) | Solar eclipse of 2008 August 1 |
| January 26, 2009 | - | 07:59 | - | annular | 07:54 min | Southern Africa, Antarctica, South East Asia, Australia | |
| July 22, 2009 | - | 02:35 | - | total | 06:39 min | India, China, Pacific Ocean, best view in Shanghai, Hangzhou or Wuhan. | Solar eclipse of 2009 July 22; longest duration of totality in the 21st century |
| January 15, 2010 | - | 07:06 | - | annular | 11:08 min | Africa, Asia | |
| July 11, 2010 | - | 19:34 | - | total | 05:20 min | Southern South America, Tahiti | |
| January 4, 2011 | - | 08:51 | - | partial | - | Europe, Africa, Central Asia | |
| June 1, 2011 | - | 21:16 | - | partial | - | Iceland, northern North America, East Asia | |
| July 1, 2011 | - | 08:38 | - | partial | - | Southern Indian Ocean | |
| November 25, 2011 | - | 06:20 | - | partial | - | Southern Africa, Antarctica, Tasmania, New Zealand | |
| May 20, 2012 | - | 23:53 | - | annular | 05:46 min | Pacific, Asia, North America | |
| November 13, 2012 | - | 22:12 | - | total | 04:02 min | Australia, New Zealand, southern South America, southern Pacific | |
| May 10, 2013 | - | 00:25 | - | annular | 06:03 min | Australia, New Zealand, Central Pacific | |
| November 3, 2013 | - | 12:46 | - | hybrid | 01:40 min | Eastern America, South Europe, Africa | |
| April 29, 2014 | - | 06:03 | - | annular | 00:00 min | South India, Australia, Antarctica | |
| October 23, 2014 | - | 21:44 | - | partial | - | Northern Pacific, North America | |
| March 20, 2015 | - | 09:46 | - | total | 02:47 min | Atlantic before England, Norway, North Pole | |
| September 13, 2015 | - | 06:54 | - | partial | - | South Africa, South India, Antarctica | |
| March 9, 2016 | - | 01:57 | - | total | 04m09s | South Asia, Pacific | |
| September 1, 2016 | - | 09:07 | - | annular | 03m06s | Africa | |
| February 26, 2017 | - | 14:53 | - | annular | 00m44s | Southern Africa, southern South America | |
| August 21, 2017 | - | 18:25 | - | total | 02m40s | United States from Oregon to South Carolina | Solar eclipse of 2017 August 21; first total eclipse visible from the contiguous United States since 1979 |
| February 15, 2018 | - | 20:51 | - | partial | - | Antarctic, southern South America | |
| July 13, 2018 | - | 03:01 | - | partial | - | South Australia | |
| August 11, 2018 | - | 09:46 | - | partial | - | Northern Europe, north Asia | |
| January 6, 2019 | - | 01:41 | - | partial | - | Eastern Asia | |
| July 2, 2019 | - | 19:23 | - | total | 04m33s | South America | |
| December 26, 2019 | - | 05:18 | - | annular | 03m39s | South Asia | |
| June 21, 2020 | - | 06:40 | - | annular | 00m38s | South Asia | |
| December 14, 2020 | - | 16:13 | - | total | 02m10s | South America | |
(*) Central Duration is the duration of a total or annular eclipse at Greatest Eclipse. Greatest Eclipse is the instant when the axis of the Moon's shadow passes closest to Earth's center.
[edit] External links
- NASA's six millennium catalog of solar eclipse paths
- NASA list of eclipses 1991-2000, listing locations where they were visible. Additional tables for years from 1901 through 2100 are available via links on that page.
