Solar Eclipse Page

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/solar.html

2008 Aug 01 Eclipse
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Solar Eclipses: Past and Future

The following links give detailed descriptions of all eclipses of the Sun and Moon from 2000 through 2008. The original reports were published in the annual Observer's Handbook of Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.

The next three total solar eclipses are:

Some useful links to past and future solar are as follows.

Solar Eclipses: 2006 - 2012

The table below lists every solar eclipse from 2006 through 2012. Click on any of the following values to link to additional information or maps:

The Key to Solar Eclipse Table contains a detailed description of each item in the table.

Solar Eclipses: 2006 - 2012
Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse Eclipse Type Saros Series Eclipse Magnitude Central Duration Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility
(Link to Global Map) (Link to Animation) (Link to Google Map) (Link to Saros) (Link to Path Table) (Link to RASC Observers Handbook)
2006 Mar 29 10:12:23 Total 139 1.052 04m07s Africa, Europe, w Asia
[Total: c Africa, Turkey, Russia]
2006 Sep 22 11:41:16 Annular 144 0.935 07m09s S. America, w Africa, Antarctica
[Annular: Guyana, Suriname, F. Guiana, s Atlantic]
2007 Mar 19 02:32:57 Partial 149 0.876 - Asia, Alaska
2007 Sep 11 12:32:24 Partial 154 0.751 - S. America, Antarctica
2008 Feb 07 03:56:10 Annular 121 0.965 02m12s Antarctica, e Australia, N. Zealand
[Annular: Antarctica]
2008 Aug 01 10:22:12 Total 126 1.039 02m27s ne N. America, Europe, Asia
[Total: n Canada, Greenland, Siberia, Mongolia, China]
2009 Jan 26 07:59:45 Annular 131 0.928 07m54s s Africa, Antarctica, se Asia, Australia
[Annular: s Indian, Sumatra, Borneo]
2009 Jul 22 02:36:25 Total 136 1.080 06m39s e Asia, Pacific Ocean, Hawaii
[Total: India, Nepal, China, c Pacific]
2010 Jan 15 07:07:39 Annular 141 0.919 11m08s Africa, Asia
[Annular: c Africa, India, Malymar, China]
2010 Jul 11 19:34:38 Total 146 1.058 05m20s s S. America
[Total: s Pacific, Easter Is., Chile, Argentina]
2011 Jan 04 08:51:42 Partial 151 0.858 - Europe, Africa, c Asia
2011 Jun 01 21:17:18 Partial 118 0.601 - e Asia, n N. America, Iceland
2011 Jul 01 08:39:30 Partial 156 0.097 - s Indian Ocean
2011 Nov 25 06:21:24 Partial 123 0.905 - s Africa, Antarctica, Tasmania, N.Z.
2012 May 20 23:53:54 Annular 128 0.944 05m46s Asia, Pacific, N. America
[Annular: China, Japan, Pacific, w U.S.]
2012 Nov 13 22:12:55 Total 133 1.050 04m02s Australia, N.Z., s Pacific, s S. America
[Total: n Australia, s Pacific]

Geographic abbreviations (used above): n = north, s = south, e = east, w = west, c = central

Decade Tables of Solar Eclipses

Each link in the following table displays a page containing 10 years of eclipses. Every eclipse has links of global maps, interactive Google maps, animations, path coordinate tables, and saros tables.

Decade Tables of Solar Eclipses
Decades
1901-1910 1911-1920 1921-1930 1931-1940 1941-1950
1951-1960 1961-1970 1971-1980 1981-1990 1991-2000
2001-2010 2011-2020 2021-2030 2031-2040 2041-2050
2051-2060 2061-2070 2071-2080 2081-2090 2091-2100
Twenty Year Solar Eclipse Path Tables (w/Google Maps)

Each of the following links displays a table containing 20 years of total, annular and hybrid eclipses. Each eclipse offers links to a global map, shadow animation, interactive Google map, path coordinates table, and saros table.

Twenty Year Solar Eclipse Path Tables (w/Google Maps)
Years
1901-1920 1921-1940 1941-1960 1961-1980 1981-2000
2001-2020 2021-2040 2041-2060 2061-2080 2081-2100
Century Catologs of Solar Eclipses

Each link in the following table displays a catalog containing 100 years of eclipses. Every eclipse has links of global maps and saros tables.

Century Catalogs of Solar Eclipses
Centuries
1001-1100 1101-1200 1201-1300 1301-1400 1401-1500
1501-1600 1601-1700 1701-1800 1801-1900 1901-2000
2001-2100 2101-2200 2201-2300 2301-2400 2401-2500
2501-2600 2601-2700 2701-2800 2801-2900 2901-3000

For other centuries, see Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000

Maps of Solar Eclipse Paths

The World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Paths features maps showing the paths of all total, annular and hybrid eclipses. Each map in the atlas covers a 20-year period. The atlas spans five millennia from -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE).

World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Paths
19th Century 1801-1820 1821-1840 1841-1860 1861-1880 1881-1900
20th Century 1901-1920 1921-1940 1941-1960 1961-1980 1981-2000
21st Century 2001-2020 2021-2040 2041-2060 2061-2080 2081-2100
22nd Century 2101-2120 2121-2140 2141-2160 2161-2180 2181-2200

For eclipse maps covering other decades, see World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Paths.

Solar Eclipse Catalogs
Solar Eclipses - Special Interest
Safe Eclipse Viewing and Photography
Special Features
Dedicated Solar Eclipse Web Pages
NASA Solar Eclipse Publications Online

The Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses contains maps of every solar eclipse from -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE).

NASA's Solar Eclipse Bulletins are special publications issued periodically which focus on major upcoming solar eclipses. Each bulletin contains detailed eclipse predictions, local circumstances, maps and climatological data along the eclipse path.

NASA solar eclipse bulletins are also available in hard copy:

Additional eclipse publications:

Reproduction of Eclipse Data

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Some of the information presented on this web site is based on data originally published in:

Fifty Year Canon of Solar Eclipses: 1986 - 2035
and
Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE)

Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC"

For more information, see: NASA Copyright Information

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