Source: Navy List at: aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/UpcomingEclipses.html

(See also: NASA's Eclipse Home Page
and Astronomical Events.)

Eclipses of the Sun

Source: www.MrEclipse.com
The moon passes between the earth and sun.
See: NASA Solar Eclipse Page for a complete list.
(Partial eclipses not visable from populated areas are not included in the list below.)
[Note: Times in tables are Universal Time (UT). Eastern Standard time (EST) is UT - 5 hrs. and Eastern Daylignt Time (EDT) is UT - 4 hrs. PST is UT - 8 hrs. and PDT is UT - 7 hrs. See Table Below.]

  • 1999 August 11 - total - Path of totality crosses central Europe, the Middle East, and India.
    See: NASA Web Page, Pictures at thunder.prohosting.com/~ep99/.
  • 2001 June 21 - total - Path of totality crosses southern Africa.
  • 2002 December 4 - total - Path of totality crosses southern Africa.
  • 2003 May 31 - annular * solar eclipse
  • 2003 November 23-24 - total solar eclipse (see map (PDF))
    Total eclipse visible from Antartica Partial eclipse visible from Australia and tip of Argentina and Chile.
  • 2004 April 19 - partial solar eclipse
  • 2004 October 14 - partial solar eclipse
    ne Asia, Hawaii, Alaska.
  • 2005 April 8 - annular-total solar eclipse (see map)
    Total eclipse visible from northern South America (Venezuela, Columbia, Panama). Partial visible from southern US and western South America.
  • 2005 October 3 - annular solar eclipse.
    Portugal, Spain, Libia, Sudan, Kenya.
  • 2006 March 29 - total solar eclipse - [Total: c Africa, Turkey, Russia] (see map)
  • 2006 September 22 - annular solar eclipse.
    Guyana, Suriname, F. Guiana, s Atlantic.
  • 2008 Aug 01 - Total - ne N. America, Europe, Asia [Total: n Canada, Greenland, Siberia, Mongolia, China] (see map)
  • . . .
  • Total Eclipses 2012 - 2024
  • 2012 Nov 13 Total Soutn Pacific
  • 2015 Mar 20 - Total north Atlantic, Faeroe Is
  • 2016 Mar 9 - Total Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Pacific
  • 2017 Aug 21 - Total U.S.
  • 2019 Jul02 - Total south Pacific, Chile, Argentina
  • 2020 Dec 14 - Total south Pacific, Chile, Argentina, south Atlantic
  • 2021 Dec 4 - Total Antarctca
  • 2024 Apr 8 - Total Mexico, central U.S., east Canada
  • More at EclipseWise - Solar Eclipses>
    and Solar Eclipses for Beginners | MrCclipse.com
* Annular solar eclipse - An eclipse when the moon is on the distant part of it orbit so it does not cover the whole sun. You will see a ring or 'annulus' of bright sunlight surrounding the Moon at the maximum phase. The Moon's orbit is elliptical; it's distance from the earth varies from 221,000 to 252,000 miles. When it is closest it appears larger than the sun and will cause a total eclipse along a path usually about 70 mi. wide. (An eclipse which will occur in 2630 when the moon is close to the earth will have a path 300 mi. wide)

Solar Eclipses of Historical Interest
NASA's predicted solar eclipse paths) at:
umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/predictions/eclipse-paths.html

Eclipses of the Moon

Source: www.MrEclipse.com
The earth passes between the moon and sun.
See Also: NASA Lunar Eclipse Page for a complete list.
(Partial eclipses not visable from populated areas are not included in the list below.)
[Note: Times in data sheets are Universal Time (UT). Eastern Standard time (EST) is UT - 5 hrs. and Eastern Daylignt Time (EDT) is UT - 4 hrs. PST is UT - 8 hrs. and PDT is UT - 7 hrs. See Table Below.]

  • 2003 - 2008
  • 2003 May 16 - total lunar eclipse
  • 2003 November 8-9 - total lunar eclipse. eastern N. America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, c Asia (see picture)
  • 2004 May 4 - total lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
    visible in Asia, Europe except western region, Africa except northwestern part, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, the eastern South Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the western Pacific Ocean;
  • 2004 October 28 - total lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
    The beginning of the umbral phase visible in Africa, Europe, Greenland, the Arctic region, North America except the extreme northwest, Central America, South America The end visible in North America, the Arctic region, Greenland, Central America, South America, Europe
  • 2005 April 24 - penumbral *
  • 2005 October 17 - partial * - North America
  • 2006 March 14-15 - penumbral lunar eclipse
  • 2006 September 7 - partial lunar eclipse
  • 2006 Mar 14 - Penumbral - Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
  • 2007 Mar 03 - Total - Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
  • 2007 Aug 28 - Total - e Asia, Aus., Pacific, Americas
  • 2008 Feb 21 - Total - c Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa
* Penumbral - Moon passes through Earth's penumbral shadow. They are subtle and quite difficult to observe
Partial - A portion of the Moon passes through Earth's umbral shadow.
Total - The entire Moon passes through Earth's umbral shadow.

Lunar Eclipses of Historical Interest

Planetary Transits Across the Sun
The passage of a planet across the disk of the Sun may be thought of as a special kind of eclipse. As seen from Earth, only transits of the inner planets Mercury and Venus are possible. Planetary transits are far more rare than eclipses of the Sun by the Moon. On the average, there are 13 transits of Mercury each century. In comparison, transits of Venus usually occur in pairs with eight years separating the two events.

Venus Transits: 2004 Jun 08, 2012 Jun 06, 2117 Dec 11, 2125 Dec 08
Mercury Transits: 2006 Nov 08, 2016 May 09, 2019 Nov 11, 2032 Nov 13, 2039 Nov 07, 2049 May 07

See sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/transit/transit.html


Universal Time (UT) Table (UT is the time in the Greenwich time zone)
UT 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21
EST 7PM 10PM 1AM 4AM 7AM 10AM 1PM 4PM
PST 4PM 7PM 10PM 1AM 4AM 7AM 10AM 1PM
PDT 5PM 8PM 11PM 2AM 5AM 8AM 11AM 2PM

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