For each eclipse, a map of the path of totality (in dark blue) and the accompanying partial region (in pale blue), is shown. The red regions indicate where the eclipse occurs at sunrise or sunset. The shaded area is the night side of the Earth. The red asterisk along the path of totality indicates the location of greatest eclipse where the eclipse is at its longest. The second red astersisk indicates where the Sun is overhead (the sub-solar point) at the moment of greatest eclipse.
The general locations where the eclipse is total are listed along with the maximum width of the path of totality and the maximum duration of the total phase.
More details, bigger and more detailed maps, tables of the path of totality, weather details and lots more can be obtained from Fred Espenak a year or two before the eclipse is due.
The following maps are all © Fred Espenak.
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11 July 2010
Southern Pacific Ocean, a few Pacific islands including Easter Island, the extreme south of Chile and Argentina at sunset. This is a long eclipse mainly over ocean. Maximum path width: 259 km Maximum duration of totality: 5m 20s | |
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13 November 2012
Northern Australia at sunrise, southern Pacific Ocean. A long eclipse but mainly in ocean. Maximum path width: 179 km Maximum duration of totality: 4m 02s | |
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3 November 2013
A Hybrid eclipse. Total for most of its length including Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Uganda. Maximum path width: 58 km Maximum duration of totality: 1m 40s | |
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20 March 2015
Faroe Islands, Arctic Ocean. A high latitude eclipse with an unusually wide path visible in the northern regions including the North Pole. A large partial eclipse will occur in the UK. Maximum path width: 463 km Maximum duration of totality: 2m 47s | |
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9 March 2016
Indonesia (including Sumatra, Borneo and Sulawesi), Pacific Ocean. Maximum path width: 155 km Maximum duration of totality: 4m 09s | |
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21 August 2017
Pacific Ocean, several states of the USA, Atlantic Ocean. A small partial eclipse will be visible at sunset in the UK. Maximum path width: 115 km Maximum duration of totality: 2m 40s | |
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2 July 2019
A long eclipse in the Pacific Ocean ending in Chile and Argentina (sunset). Maximum path width: 200 km Maximum duration of totality: 4m 32s | |
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14 December 2020
The Pacific Ocean, Chile, Argentina and the Atlantic Ocean. Maximum path width: 90 km Maximum duration of totality: 2m 09s | |
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4 December 2021
The Antarctic. Maximum path width: 418 km Maximum duration of totality: 1m 54s | |
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20 April 2023
A Hybrid Eclipse, total for most of its length. The Indian Ocean, Western coastal Australia, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), East Timor, the Pacific Ocean. Maximum path width: 49 km Maximum duration of totality: 1m 16s |
| Angular Diameter of the Moon | 33'39'' | 29'22'' | 31'05.16'' | Angular Diameter of the Sun | 32'36'' | 31'32'' | 31'59.26'' |
| Total | Annular | Hybrid | Partial |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26.9% | 33.2% | 4.8% | 35.2% |
On average the Moon is not large enough (as seen from the Earth) to cover the Sun completely. The Moon must be closer than average to cover the Sun completely. This is why Annular eclipses are more common than Total eclipses.
| Solar Eclipses per Century | 238 |
| Maximim Number of Solar Eclipses per Year | 5 |
| Minimum Number of Solar Eclipses per Year | 2 |
| Maximim Number of Total Solar Eclipses per Year | 3 |
| Minimum Number of Total Solar Eclipses per Year | 0 |
| Longest Possible (Theoretical) | 7m 31s |
| Longest in 20th Century (20 June 1955) | 7m 08s |
| Longest in 21st Century (22 July 2009) | 6m 39s |
| Longest from 1001 to 2000 (9 June 1062) | 7m 21s |
| Longest from 2001 to 3000 (16 July 2186) | 7m 29s |
| Longest in Recorded History (15 June 744BC) | 7m 28s |
All dates Western Calendar.
Fred Espenak (NASA)
Past and future eclipses - reports, maps and information from NASA's Fred
Espenak. This is the best place to obtain eclipse information and maps.
Eclipse Glasses
Small or large amounts of CE approved eclipse glasses as used by the BBC.
