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
May 16, 2231 BC - - - total 07m21s Longest total eclipse between 3000 BC to 2001 BC
November 24, 2037 BC - - - annular 11m02s Longest annular eclipse between 3000 BC to 2001 BC
December 12, 1656 BC - - - annular 12m07s Longest annular eclipse between 2000 BC to 1001 BC
July 3, 1443 BC - - - total 07m05s Longest total eclipse between 2000 BC and 1001 BC
June 24, 1312 BC - 10:44 - total 04m33s Anatolia Mursili's eclipse
June 15, 763 BC - 08:23 - total 04m59s eclipse of Bur Sagale attested in Assyrian sources
June 15, 744 BC - - - total 07m28s longest total eclipse between 1000 BC to 1 BC
May 18, 603 BC - - - total Northeast Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Eclipse in the same saros as the 585 BC eclipse, but preceding it.
May 28, 585 BC - 14:28 - total 06m05s predicted by Thales of Miletus, occurred during the Battle of Halys;
February 17, 478 BC - - - total Greece eclipse occurring prior to Xerxes' first march against Greece
August 3, 430 BC - - - total Greece, Mediterranean Sea Pericles shows his Greek Army that the eclipse was not much more than a covering of the sun by something bigger than his cloak.
March 1, 357 BC - - - total total eclipse in Jerusalem.
July 4, 336 BC - - - total total eclipse in Jerusalem.
April 2, 303 BC - - - total total eclipse in Jerusalem.
March 14, 190 BC - - - total total eclipse in Kiev, Ukraine.
July 17, 188 BC - - - total total eclipse in Kiev, Ukraine.
October 19, 183 BC - - - total total eclipse in Kiev, Ukraine.
December 22, 178 BC - - - annular 12m08s longest annular eclipse between 1000 BC to 1 BC
December 6, 150 - - - annular 12m24s longest annular eclipse between 3000 BC to 7000 AD
June 27, 363 - - - total 07m24s longest total eclipse between 1 AD to 1000 AD
July 19, 418 - - - total total eclipse in Portugal reported by Hydatius
December 23, 447 - - - total total eclipse in Portugal reported by Hydatius

[edit] 20th century

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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 20, 1900 - - - total - Southern Europe
May 18, 1901 - - - total 06m29s Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea
November 11, 1901 - - - annular 11m01s -
September 9, 1904 - - - total 06m20s -
August 30, 1905 - - - total - Southern Europe
June 17, 1909 - - - annular - Arctic Canada, Greenland, Central Russia, Central Asia
August 21, 1914 - - - total - Southern Russia
May 29, 1919 - 13:09 - total 06m51s Northern South America, West Africa, Central Africa, Comoros Photographed by Arthur Eddington to verify general relativity
November 22, 1919 - - - annular 11m37s -
May 18, 1920 - - - partial - -
September 21, 1922 - - - total - Australia
January 24, 1925 - - - total - Northeastern United States
January 14, 1926 - - - total - Indonesia
June 29, 1927 - - - total - United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Northern Russia, West Alaska
May 9, 1929 - - - total - Indonesia
December 9, 1929 - - - total - -
April 28, 1930 - - - annular - -
June 8, 1937 - - - total 07m04s Micronesia, Galapagos, western South America
December 2, 1937 - - - annular 12m00s -
Aug 1, 1943 - 04:16 - annular 06:59 min Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, eastern Madagascar, Antarctica's Wilkes Land, totality in the southern Indian Ocean[1]
July 9, 1945 - - - total - Northwestern United States, Central Canada, Northeast Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia, Western Russia, Central Asia
June 30, 1954 - - - total - United States, Southern Canada
June 20, 1955 - - - total 07m08s Southern India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Philippines
December 14, 1955 - - - annular 12m09s - Longest annular eclipse between 1001 and 2000 AD
July 20, 1963 - - - total - Japan, Alaska, Canada, Northeastern United States Plays a role in the Stephen King novels Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne
November 12, 1966 - - - total - Northern South America
March 7, 1970 - - - total 03m28s Mexico, Southeastern United States, Atlantic Canada
August 31, 1970 - - - annular 06m48s Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
January 16, 1972 - - - annular 01m53s Antarctica
July 10, 1972 - 20:46 - total 02m36s Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Alaska North Slope, Chukotka Referred to in Carly Simon's #1 hit single "You're So Vain"
January 4, 1973 - - - annular 07m48s Southern South America
June 30, 1973 - - - total 07m04s Northeastern South America, West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa A Concorde jet flew along the path, thereby extending the length of totality to 72 min
December 24, 1973 - - - annular 12m03s Central America, northern South America, Northeast Africa
June 20, 1974 - - - total 05m09s South India, Western Australia
April 29, 1976 - - - annular 06m41s North Africa, Turkey, Middle East, Central Asia, India, China
October 23, 1976 - - - total 04m46s East Africa, Australia
April 18, 1977 - - - annular 07m04s Southern and Eastern Africa, South India
October 12, 1977 - - - total 02m37s Northern South America
February 26, 1979 - - - total 02m49s Northwestern United States, Western, Central, and Northern Canada, Greenland
August 22, 1979 - - - annular 06m03s Antarctica
February 16, 1980 - - - total 04m08s Southwest, Central, and East Africa, India, northwest Indochina, China
August 10, 1980 - - - annular 03m23s Northern South America
February 4, 1981 - - - annular 00m33s Southern Australia, Polynesia
July 31, 1981 - - - total 02m02s Northern Europe, northern Asia
June 11, 1983 - - - total 05m11s South India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
December 4, 1983 - - - annular 04m01s Central Africa, East Africa
May 30, 1984 - - - annular 00m12s Mexico, Eastern United States, Northeastern Africa
November 22 - 23, 1984 - - - total 02m00s Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
November 12, 1985 - - - total 01m59s Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia
October 3, 1986 - - - hybrid 00m00.2s North Atlantic
March 29, 1987 - - - hybrid 00m08s Southern South America, central Africa, East Africa Second hybrid eclipse in less than one year.
September 23, 1987 - - - annular 03m49s Central Asia, northeast Asia
March 18, 1988 - - - total 03m47s Indonesia, Philippines, Melanesia
September 11, 1988 - - - annular 06m57s Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia
January 26, 1990 - - - annular 02m03s Queen Maud Land
July 22, 1990 - - - total 02m33s Scandinavia, Northern Europe, North Asia
January 15, 1991 - 23:53 - annular 07m53s Southern Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia
July 11, 1991 - 19:06 - total 06m53s Hawaii, Mexico, Central America, South America (Colombia, Brazil) Subject of an episode of the TV series Nova entitled "Eclipse of the Century." Passed over major observatories in Hawaii.
January 4, 1992 - 23:05 - annular 11m41s Pacific, Southwest United States
June 30, 1992 - 12:10 - total 05m21s South Atlantic, Southwest South America
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 United States and Mexico, Southeastern Canada, Northwest Africa -
November 3, 1994 - 13:39 - total 04m23s South America (Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay) -
April 29, 1995 - 17:32 - annular 06m37s Northern South America
October 24, 1995 - 04:32 - total 02m10s Middle East, Asia, Indonesia, Australia (Iran, India, Thailand, SE Asia, Southern Philippines (Mindanao))
April 17, 1996 - 22:37 - partial - -
October 12, 1996 - 14:02 - partial - -
March 09, 1997 - 01:24 - total 02m50s Northeast Asia
September 02, 1997 - 00:04 - partial - -
February 26, 1998 - 17:28 - total 04m09s Colombia, Venezuela, southern Central America, Caribbean Several Haitians were killed after trying to avoid the eclipse by taking overextensive measures
August 22, 1998 - 02:06 - annular 03m14s Indonesia, Malaysia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia
February 16, 1999 - 06:34 - annular 00m40s South India, Australia
August 11, 1999 09:29 11:03 12:36 total 02m23s Europe, Asia, Karachi, Bucharest, München Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999[2]
February 5, 2000 - 12:49 - partial - Antarctica
July 1, 2000 - 19:33 - partial - Southern Chile and Argentina
July 31, 2000 - 02:13 - partial - Northern Russia, northeastern Scandinavia, Northern Greenland, Western Canada, northeastern United States The second solar eclipse within one calendar month
December 25, 2000 - 17:35 - partial - Canada, United States, Mexico, Caribbean, northern Central America

[edit] 21st century

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224 solar eclipses are predicted to 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, totality across Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Madagascar Solar eclipse of June 21, 2001
December 14, 2001 - 20:52 - annular 03:53 min North and Central America, Northwestern South America, Hawaii, annular path across Nicaragua and Costa Rica
June 10, 2002 - 23:44 - annular 00:23 min Eastern Asia, Northeastern Australia, North America, Hawaii, annular path across Manado, Indonesia and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
December 4, 2002 05:50 07:31 9:11 total 02:04 min Africa, Antarctica, Indonesia, Australia, totality across Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, and South Australia Solar eclipse of December 4, 2002
May 31, 2003 - 04:08 - annular 03:37 min Eastern Europe, Northern and Western Asia, Middle East, Alaska, Greenland, Northwestern Canada, annular path across Greenland, Iceland, Northeastern Scotland, Faroe Islands, Shetland Islands
November 23, 2003 22:19 22:49 23:18 total 01:57 min Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, Southern Chile and Argentina, totality across East Antarctica Solar eclipse of November 23, 2003
April 19, 2004 - 13:34 - partial - Antarctic Peninsula, East Antarctica, Southern Africa
October 14, 2004 - 02:59 - partial - Eastern Russia, Mongolia, Northeastern China, Korea, Japan, Hawaii, Western Alaska
April 8, 2005 - 20:36 - hybrid 00:42 min Pacific, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, Western South America, New Zealand, West Antarctica, hybrid path across Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Southeastern French Polynesia, Bounty Islands Solar eclipse of April 8, 2005
October 3, 2005 08:41 10:31 12:22 annular 04:32 min Africa, Europe, Western Asia, Middle East and India, annular path across Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Sudan. Kenya, and Somalia Solar eclipse of October 3, 2005
March 29, 2006 08:36 10:11 11:48 total 04:07 min North Africa, Central Africa, Eastern Brazil, Central Asia, Middle East, India, and Europe, totality across Natal, Brazil area, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Libya, Turkey, Georgia, southwestern Russia, and Kazakhstan Solar eclipse of March 29, 2006
September 22, 2006 - 11:40 - annular 07:09 min South America, West Africa, Southern Africa, Antarctic Peninsula, East Antarctica, annular path across Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana
March 19, 2007 - 02:32 - partial - Asia, Western Alaska
September 11, 2007 10:25:46 12:31 14:36:33 partial - Central and southern South America, Antarctic Peninsula, East Antarctica, South Atlantic
February 7, 2008 - 03:55 - annular 02:12 min Antarctica, Southeastern Australia, New Zealand, southeastern Melanesia, southeastern Micronesia, southeastern Polynesia, annular path across West Antarctica
August 1, 2008 - 10:21 - total 02:27 min Nova Scotia, PEI, New Brunswick, Quebec, Nunavut, Greenland, northern Europe, Asia, totality across Nunavut, northern Greenland, central Russia, western Mongolia, western China Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008
January 26, 2009 - 07:59 - annular 07:54 min Southern Africa, East Antarctica, South East Asia, Australia, annular path across southeast Sumatra, Jakarta, and Borneo
July 22, 2009 - 02:35 - total 06:39 min Asia, Melanesia, Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, totality across central India, Bhutan, Northeastern India, Chinese cities along Chang Jiang (Chongqing, Chendu, Wuhan, Nanjing, Shanghai), Ryukyu Islands Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009; longest duration of totality in the 21st century
January 15, 2010 - 07:06 - annular 11:08 min Africa, Southeastern Europe, Middle East, Asia, annular path across Central African Republic, Dem. Rep. of the Congo, Uganda, Maldives, southeastern India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, central China (Yunnan to Shandong) Longest annular eclipse in the third millennium
July 11, 2010 - 19:34 - total 05:20 min Southwestern South America, French Polynesia, totality across southern Chile and Argentina, southeastern Polynesia
January 4, 2011 - 08:51 - partial - Europe, Northern Africa, Central Asia, Middle East
June 1, 2011 - 21:16 - partial - Iceland, northern Canada, Alaska, Northeastern Asia, Greenland, Northern Scandinavia
July 1, 2011 - 08:38 - partial - Southern Indian Ocean near Antarctica
November 25, 2011 - 06:20 - partial - Southwestern South Africa, Antarctica, Tasmania, New Zealand
May 20, 2012 - 23:53 - annular 05:46 min Pacific, Eastern Asia, North America, Hawaii, totality across southern China, Hong Kong, Macau, Kyūshū, Shikoku, southern Honshu, Tokyo, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico
November 13, 2012 - 22:12 - total 04:02 min Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia, southeastern South America, southern Pacific, Polynesia, Antarctic Peninsula, West Antarctica, Talos Dome, totality across Arnhem Land and central Cape York Peninsula, Australia, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
May 10, 2013 - 00:25 - annular 06:03 min Australia, New Zealand, Central Pacific, Hawaii, Indonesia, annular path across Western Australia, Northern Territory, and Queensland, Australia, Louisiade Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Kiribati
November 3, 2013 - 12:46 - hybrid 01:40 min Eastern America, Eastern Canada, Caribbean, Eastern South America, South Europe, Africa, hybrid path across Gabon, Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia
April 29, 2014 - 06:03 - annular 01:06 min South India, Australia, East Antarctica, annular path across Western Wilkes Land
October 23, 2014 - 21:44 - partial - Northern Pacific, North America, Mexico, eastern Russia
March 20, 2015 - 09:46 - total 02:47 min Greenland, Europe, Central Asia, Western Russia, totality across Faroe Islands, Svalbard, North Atlantic, North Pole
September 13, 2015 - 06:54 - partial - Southern Africa, South India, East Antarctica
March 9, 2016 - 01:57 - total 04m09s Southeastern Asia, Korea, Japan, eastern Russia, Alaska, Northwestern Australia, Hawaii, Pacific, totality across Indonesia, Micronesia, Marshall Islands
September 1, 2016 - 09:07 - annular 03m06s Africa, Southwestern Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Java Island, northern Queen Maud Land
February 26, 2017 - 14:53 - annular 00m44s Southern and western Africa, southern South America, Antarctica, annular path across southern Chile and Argentina, Angola, southwestern Katanga
August 21, 2017 - 18:25 - total 02m40s North America, Hawaii, Greenland, Iceland, British Isles, Portugal, Central America, Caribbean, Northern South America, Chukchi Peninsula, totality across Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, northeastern Kansas, Missouri, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, Tennessee, southwestern North Carolina, northeastern Georgia, South Carolina Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017; first total eclipse visible from the contiguous United States since 1979
February 15, 2018 - 20:51 - partial - Antarctica, southern South America
July 13, 2018 - 03:01 - partial - South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Indian Ocean, Budd Coast
August 11, 2018 - 09:46 - partial - Northeastern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Arctic Ocean, Scandinavia, northern British Isles, Russia, north Asia
January 6, 2019 - 01:41 - partial - Northeastern Asia, Southwestern Alaska, Aleutian Islands
July 2, 2019 - 19:23 - total 04m33s South America, Easter Island, Galapagos Islands, southern Central America, Polynesia, totality across central Argentina and Chile, Tuamotu Archipelago
December 26, 2019 - 05:18 - annular 03m39s Asia, western Melanesia, northwestern Australia, Middle East, East Africa, annular path across northeastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Lakshadweep, Southern India, Sri Lanka, northern Sumatra, southern Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, central Indonesia, Palau, Micronesia
June 21, 2020 - 06:40 - annular 00m38s Asia, southeastern Europe, Africa, Middle East, west Melanesia, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Cape York Peninsula, annular path across Dem. Rep. Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Yemen, Empty Quarter, Oman, southern Pakistan, northern India, New Delhi, Tibet, southern China, Chongqing, Taiwan
December 14, 2020 - 16:13 - total 02m10s central and southern South America, southwest Africa, Antarctic Peninsula, Ellsworth Land, western Queen Maud Land, totality across Southern Chile and Argentina, Kiribati, Polynesia
June 10, 2021 - - - annular 03m51s Central and northern Canada, northern Russia
December 4, 2021 - - - total 01m55s Antarctica
April 20, 2023 - - - hybrid 01m16s Australia, Indonesia, Melanesia
October 14, 2023 - - - annular 05m17s Western United states, eastern Mexico, Central America, Northwestern South America
April 8, 2024 - - - total 04m28s Mexico, central and eastern United States, southern Ontario and Quebec, Eastern Canada Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024; First total eclipse to be seen in Mexico since 1991; Second total eclipse to be seen from parts of southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and southwestern Kentucky in only 6⅔ years
October 2, 2024 - - - annular 07m25s Southern Chile and Argentina
February 17, 2026 - - - annular 02m20s Antarctica
August 12, 2026 - - - total 02m19s Western Europe, Iceland, Greenland
February 6, 2027 - - - annular 07m51s Southern South America, West Africa
August 2, 2027 - - - total 06m23s Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, Middle East
January 26, 2028 - - - annular 10m27s Northern South America, southwest Europe
July 22, 2028 - - - total 05m10s Australia, New Zealand, South India
June 1, 2030 - - - annular 05m21s Northwest Africa, southeast Europe, Turkey, North Asia
November 25, 2030 - - - total 03m44s Southern Africa, South India, Australia
May 21, 2031 - - - annular 05m26s Central and southern Africa, Southern India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia
November 14, 2031 - - - hybrid 01m08s Polynesia, southern Central America
May 9, 2032 - - - annular 00m22s South Atlantic
March 30, 2033 - - - total 02m37s Alaska, Arctic Ocean
March 20, 2034 - - - total 04m10s North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, India, China
September 12, 2034 - - - annular 02m58s Central and Southern South America
March 9-10 2035 - - - annular 00m47s South Pacific
September 2, 2035 - - - total 02m54s East Asia
July 13, 2037 - - - total 03m59s Australia, New Zealand
January 5, 2038 - - - annular 03m19s Caribbean, North Africa
July 2, 2038 - - - annular 01m00s Northern South America, North and East Africa
December 25-26 2038 - - - total 02m18s South India, Australia, New Zealand
June 21, 2039 - - - annular 04m05s Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia, northeastern Europe
December 15, 2039 - - - total 01m51s Antarctica
April 30, 2041 - - - total 01m51s Central and East Africa
October 24-25 2041 - - - annular 06m07s East Asia
April 20, 2042 - - - total 04m51s Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
October 14, 2042 - - - annular 07m44s Indochina, Australia, New Zealand
April 9, 2043 - - - total 00m00s Northeastern Russia
October 3, 2043 - - - annular 00m00s South Indian Ocean
February 28, 2044 - - - annular 02m27s South Atlantic
August 23, 2044 - - - total 02m04s Northwestern United States, Central and northern Canada, Greenland
February 16-17 - - - annular 07m47s New Zealand, Polynesia
August 12, 2045 - - - total 06m06s Southern United States, Caribbean, Northeastern South America
February 5-6 2046 - - - annular 09m42s Indonesia, Melanesia, Western United States
August 2, 2046 - - - total 04m51s Eastern Brazil, Southern Africa
June 11, 2048 - - - annular 04m58s Central United States, Ontario, Northern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia, Northeastern Europe, Central Asia
December 5, 2048 - - - total 03m28s Southern South America, Southwestern Africa
May 31, 2049 - - - annular 04m45s Northern South America, West Africa
November 25, 2049 - - - hybrid 00m38s Middle East, Indonesia, Melanesia
May 20, 2050 - - - hybrid 00m21s South Pacific Second hybrid eclipse in the span of less than one year
March 20, 2052 - - - total 04m08s Mexico, Southeastern United States
September 22-23 2052 - - - annular 02m51s Indonesia, Northern Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia
September 12, 2053 - - - total - Azores, Northern Africa, Iberian Peninsula, Middle East, Southern India, Sri Lanka
February 28, 2063 - - - hybrid - Indian Ocean, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia
August 24, 2063 - - - total 05m49s -
May 1, 2079 - - - total - Eastern United States, New York City
September 3, 2081 - - - total 05m33s Europe, Paris
September 23, 2090 - - - total - Europe, Paris
May 22, 2096 - - - total 06m06s Philippines, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean
September 14, 2099 - - - total 05m18s United States, Southern Canada

(*) 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] See also

[edit] References, External links, and further reading

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Espenak, Fred; Jean Meeus (October 2006). Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses, Section 4 (NASA TP-2006-214141 (PDF). NASA STI Program Office. Retrieved on 2008-02-16.
  2. ^ NASA - 1999 Total Solar Eclipse - Table 5