Solar Eclipse Page

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Solar Eclipses: Past and Future

The following links give information on all eclipses of the Sun and Moon from 2000 through the current year.

Eclipses During: | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |



Dates, maps and details for 5000 years of solar eclipses can be found in:

The Javascript Solar Eclipse Explorer lets you calculate the visibility of solar eclipses from any city for hundreds of years in the past and future:

Search for solar eclipses by date interval, type, and magnitude, and plot the results on Google maps:

Other useful links to past and future solar eclipses are as follows.

Solar Eclipses: 2011 - 2020

The table below lists every solar eclipse from 2011 through 2020. Click on any of the following values to link to additional information or maps:

Calendar Date - link to global map showing eclipse visibility

- link to global map showing eclipse visibility TD of Greatest Eclipse - link to animation of the Moon's penumbral and umbral shadows across Earth

- link to animation of the Moon's penumbral and umbral shadows across Earth Eclipse Type - link to Google Map of eclipse path

- link to Google Map of eclipse path Saros Series - link to table of all eclipses in this the Saros cycle

- link to table of all eclipses in this the Saros cycle Central Duration - link to table of geographic coordinates for the path of a total, annular or hybrid eclipse

- link to table of geographic coordinates for the path of a total, annular or hybrid eclipse Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility - link to detailed description of an eclipse from RASC Observer's Handbook

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

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.

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.

Five Millennium Catolog of Solar Eclipses

Each link in the following table displays a web page containing 100 years of eclipses. Every eclipse has links of global maps, central paths plotted on Google Maps, Saros series tables, and Besselian elements.

These tables are part of the 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).

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). The supplemental Five Millennium Catalog of Solar Eclipses contains 201 pages of tables giving details for each eclipse.

The Fifty Year Canon of Solar Eclipses contains maps of every solar eclipse from 1986 to 2035 along with path coordinate tables for all central eclipses.

NASA's Solar Eclipse Bulletins were special publications issued periodically that focused on major upcoming solar eclipses. Each bulletin contained detailed eclipse predictions, local circumstances, maps and climatological data along the eclipse path. The NASA eclipse bulletins ended with the 2010 eclipse bulletin.

Additional eclipse publications:

RASC Observer's Handbook:

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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

Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE)

Five Millennium Catalog 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 GSFC Emeritus"

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