Prospects For Solar Eclipses

The following table lists the solar eclipses that will be visible during the period late 2006 - 2011.

Date Type Of Eclipse Duration On Central Line Geographic Visibility
2006 Mar 29 Total 04m07s Africa, Europe, w Asia
[Total: c Africa, Turkey, Russia]
2006 Sep 22 Annular 07m09s S. America, w Africa, Antarctica
[Annular: Guyana, Suriname, F. Guiana, s Atlantic]
2007 Mar 19 Partial - Asia, Alaska
2007 Sep 11 Partial - S. America, Antarctica
2008 Feb 07 Annular 02m12s Antarctica, e Australia, N. Zealand
[Annular: Antarctica]
2008 Aug 01 Total 02m27s ne N. America, Europe, Asia
[Total: n Canada, Greenland, Siberia, Mongolia, China]
2009 Jan 26 Annular 07m54s s Africa, Antarctica, se Asia, Australia
[Annular: s Indian, Sumatra, Borneo]
2009 Jul 22 Total 06m39s e Asia, Pacific Ocean, Hawaii
[Total: India, Nepal, China, c Pacific]
2010 Jan 15 Annular 11m08s Africa, Asia
[Annular: c Africa, India, Malymar, China]
2010 Jul 11 Total 05m20s s S. America
[Total: s Pacific, Easter Is., Chile, Argentina]

Details of solar eclipses can be found in: "Fifty Year Canon of Solar Eclipses: 1986-2035" by Fred Espenak. This is 'NASA Reference Publication number 1178 Revised', ISBN 0-933346-45-X. (Data for the above table is taken from this reference.) Fred Espenak also has a web site with more detail of imminent eclipses.


J Appleton
Updated 20 November 2005