21st Century Total Solar Eclipses over the Years

In the 21st century there will be 224 solar eclipses: 77 partial, 72 annular, 68 total and 7 hybrids between total and annular.

The longest total eclipse will happen only two days from now, on July 22, 2009. Obviously the total solar eclipses raise the highest interest, because they offer one of the rarest and most amazing celestial shows you can think of.

This year, the total solar eclipse will be visible from a narrow corridor through northern India, eastern Nepal, northern Bangladesh, Bhutan, the northern tip of Myanmar, central China and the Pacific Ocean, including the Ryukyu Islands, Marshall Islands and Kiribati; in many large cities, including Surat, Vadodara, Bhopal, Varanasi, Patna, Dinajpur, Chengdu, Nanchong, Chongqing, Yichang, Jingzhou, Wuhan, Huanggang, Hefei, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Huzhou, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Ningbo and Shanghai, as well as over the Three Gorges Dam.

1. The first total solar eclipse of the century was on June 21, 2001, visible from Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Madagascar.

2. Second: December 4, 2002, visible from: Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique and South Australia

3. Third: November 23, 2003 visible from East Antarctica.

4. Forth: March 29, 2006 visible from Natal, Brazil, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Libya, Turkey, Georgia, southwestern Russia and Kazakhstan

5. Fifth was August 1, 2008, visible from Nunavut, northern Greenland, central Russia, western Mongolia, western China.

6. July 22, 2009 will mark the sixth total eclipse of the Sun, followed by:
7. July 11, 2010 visible from southern Chile and Argentina, southeastern Polynesia.
8. November 13, 2012 visible from Arnhem Land and central Cape York Peninsula, Australia, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand.
9. March 20, 2015 visible from Faroe Islands, Svalbard, North Atlantic, North Pole
10. March 9, 2016 visible from Indonesia, Micronesia, Marshall Islands
11. August 21, 2017 visible from Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, northeastern Kansas, Missouri, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, Tennessee, southwestern North Carolina, northeastern Georgia, South Carolina
12. July 2, 2019 visible from central Argentina and Chile, Tuamotu Archipelago
13. December 14, 2020 visible from southern Chile and Argentina, Kiribati, Polynesia
14. December 4, 2021 visible from Antarctica
15. April 8, 2024 visible from Mexico, central United States, east Canada
16. August 12, 2026 visible from Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, Spain
17. August 2, 2027 visible from Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia
18. July 22, 2028 visible from Australia, New Zealand
19. November 25, 2030 visible from Botswana, South Africa, Australia
20. March 30, 2033 visible from east Russia, Alaska
21. March 20, 2034 visible from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China
22. September 2, 2035 visible from China, Korea, Japan, Pacific
23. July 13, 2037 visible from Australia, New Zealand
24. December 26, 2038 visible from Australia, New Zealand, south Pacific
25. December 15, 2039 visible from Antarctica
26. April 30, 2041 visible from Angola, Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia
27. April 20, 2042 visible from Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, north Pacific
28. April 9, 2043 (non central) visible from northeast Russia
29. August 23, 2044 visible from Greenland, north Canada, Montana, North Dakota
30. August 12, 2045 visible from south United States, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guyana, Suriname, Brazil
31. August 2, 2046 visible from Brazil, Angola, east Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, south Mozambique
32. December 5, 2048 visible from Chile, Argentina, Namibia, Botswana
33. March 30, 2052 visible from central Pacific, Mexico, United States, central Atlantic
34. September 12, 2053 visible from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia
35. July 24, 2055 visible from South Africa
36. January 5, 2057 visible from southern Atlantic, southern Indian Ocean
37. December 26, 2057 visible from Antarctica
38. May 11, 2059 visible from central Pacific, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
39. April 30, 2060 visible from Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia
40. April 20, 2061 visible from Kazakhstan, Russia
41. August 24, 2063 visible from China, Mongolia, Japan, central Pacific
42. August 12, 2064 visible from Central Pacific, Chile, Argentina
43. December 17, 2066 visible from Australia, New Zealand, south Pacific
44. May 31, 2068 visible from Australia, New Zealand
45. April 11, 2070 visible from Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines
46. September 23, 2071 visible from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil
47. September 12, 2072 visible from Russia
48. August 3, 2073 visible from Chile, Argentina
49. January 16, 2075 visible from Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
50. January 6, 2076 visible from Antarctica
51. May 22, 2077 visible from Australia
52. May 11, 2078 visible from Mexico, United States
53. May 1, 2079 visible from United States, Canada, Greenland
54. September 3, 2081 visible from Central Europe, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Quatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman



55. August 24, 2082 visible from Indonesia, New Guinea, South Pacific
56. December 27, 2084 visible from South Atlantic, Indian Ocean
57. June 11, 2086 visible from Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
58. April 21, 2088 visible from Mauritania, western Sahara, Mali, Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, China
59. October 4, 2089 visible from China, Central Pacific
60. September 23, 2090 visible from Canada, Greenland, United Kingdom, France
61. August 15, 2091 visible from the Southern Ocean, near Antarctica
62. January 27, 2093 visible from Australia
63. January 16, 2094 visible from Antarctica
64. June 2, 2095 visible from Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique, Madagascar
65. May 22, 2096 visible from Indonesia, Central Pacific, Philippines
66. May 11, 2097 visible from Alaska, Russia
67. September 14, 2099 visible from Canada, United States, central Atlantic
68. September 4, 2100 visible from central Africa, Madagascar