![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of March 29, 2006</span> Total eclipse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Diamondring-eclipse-March03-29-2006.jpg/320px-Diamondring-eclipse-March03-29-2006.jpg)
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, March 29, 2006, with a magnitude of 1.0515. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. It was visible from a narrow corridor which traversed half the Earth. This eclipse was part of Saros 139.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999</span> Total eclipse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Solar_eclipse_1999_4.jpg/320px-Solar_eclipse_1999_4.jpg)
A total solar eclipse occurred on Wednesday, August 11, 1999 with an eclipse magnitude of 1.0286. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between earth and the sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the sun for a viewer on earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon's apparent diameter is larger than the sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. The path of the moon's shadow began in the Atlantic Ocean and, before noon, was traversing the southern United Kingdom, northern France, Belgium, Luxembourg, southern Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, and northern FR Yugoslavia (Vojvodina). The eclipse's maximum was at 11:03 UTC at 45.1°N 24.3°E in Romania ; and it continued across Bulgaria, the Black Sea, Turkey, the northeastern tip of Syria, northern Iraq, Iran, southern Pakistan and Srikakulam in India and ended in the Bay of Bengal.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017</span> Total eclipse visible from the mainland US](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/2017_Total_Solar_Eclipse_%28NHQ201708210100%29_-_square_crop.jpg/320px-2017_Total_Solar_Eclipse_%28NHQ201708210100%29_-_square_crop.jpg)
The solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, dubbed the "Great American Eclipse" by some media, was a total solar eclipse visible within a band that spanned the contiguous United States from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts. It was also visible as a partial solar eclipse from as far north as Nunavut in northern Canada to as far south as northern South America. In northwestern Europe and Africa, it was partially visible in the late evening. In northeastern Asia, it was partially visible at sunrise.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse</span> Natural phenomenon wherein the Sun is obscured by the Moon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Solar_eclipse_1999_4.jpg/320px-Solar_eclipse_1999_4.jpg)
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season in its new moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of Earth's orbit. In a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured. Unlike a lunar eclipse, which may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth, a solar eclipse can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world. As such, although total solar eclipses occur somewhere on Earth every 18 months on average, they recur at any given place only once every 360 to 410 years.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">December 2010 lunar eclipse</span> Total Lunar eclipse of 21 December 2010](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Near_Greatest_Eclipse_20101221_0011-crop.jpg/320px-Near_Greatest_Eclipse_20101221_0011-crop.jpg)
A total lunar eclipse occurred from 5:27 to 11:06 UTC on 21 December 2010, coinciding with the date of the Winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and Summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. It was visible in its entirety as a total lunar eclipse in North and South America, Iceland, Ireland, Britain and northern Scandinavia.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of July 11, 2010</span> Total eclipse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Eclipse_2010_Hao_1.JPG/320px-Eclipse_2010_Hao_1.JPG)
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, July 11, 2010, with a magnitude of 1.058. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008</span> Total eclipse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Corona.jpg/320px-Corona.jpg)
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, August 1, 2008, with a magnitude of 1.0394. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. The eclipse was visible from a narrow corridor through northern Canada (Nunavut), Greenland, central Russia, eastern Kazakhstan, western Mongolia and China. Visible north of the Arctic Circle, it belonged to the so-called midnight sun eclipses. The largest city in its path was Novosibirsk in Russia. The eclipse happened only 2+1⁄2 days after the perigee that occurred on July 29, 2008, and the Moon's apparent diameter was larger than average.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of July 11, 1991</span> Total eclipse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Eclipse_CR_1991_a_zoom.jpg)
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of the orbit on Thursday, July 11, 1991. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Totality began over the Pacific Ocean and Hawaii moving across Mexico, down through Central America and across South America ending over Brazil. It lasted for 6 minutes and 53.08 seconds at the point of maximum eclipse. There will not be a longer total eclipse until June 13, 2132. This was the largest total solar eclipse of Solar Saros series 136, because eclipse magnitude was 1.07997.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015</span> Total eclipse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Total_solar_eclipse_of_March_20%2C_2015_by_Damien_Deltenre_%28licensed_for_free_use%29._%2832844461616%29.jpg/320px-Total_solar_eclipse_of_March_20%2C_2015_by_Damien_Deltenre_%28licensed_for_free_use%29._%2832844461616%29.jpg)
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, March 20, 2015, with a magnitude of 1.0445. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with a partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. This total solar eclipse is notable in that the path of totality passed over the North Pole. Totality was visible in the Faroe Islands and Svalbard.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of July 10, 1972</span> Total eclipse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/SE1972Jul10T.png/320px-SE1972Jul10T.png)
A total solar eclipse occurred on Monday, July 10, 1972. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring only 2.9 days after perigee, the Moon's diameter was relatively large.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998</span> Total eclipse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ecl002-2_%284321047401%29.jpg/320px-Ecl002-2_%284321047401%29.jpg)
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of the orbit on Thursday, February 26, 1998. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Totality was visible in the Galápagos Islands, Panama, Colombia, the Paraguaná Peninsula in northwestern Venezuela, all of Aruba, most of Curaçao and the northwestern tip of Bonaire, all of Montserrat, Guadeloupe and Antigua and Barbuda.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034</span> Total eclipse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/SE2034Mar20T.png/320px-SE2034Mar20T.png)
A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, March 20, 2034, with a magnitude of 1.0458. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Totality will be visible in 13 countries: from east to west, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and China.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026</span> Total eclipse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/SE2026Aug12T.png/320px-SE2026Aug12T.png)
A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, with a magnitude of 1.0386. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of August 23, 2044</span> Total eclipse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/SE2044Aug23T.png/320px-SE2044Aug23T.png)
A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Monday, August 22 and Tuesday, August 23, 2044, with a magnitude of 1.0364. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of miles wide.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of August 2, 2027</span> Total eclipse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/SE2027Aug02T.png/320px-SE2027Aug02T.png)
A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, August 2, 2027 with a magnitude of 1.079. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of November 25, 2030</span> Total eclipse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/SE2030Nov25T.png/320px-SE2030Nov25T.png)
A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, November 25, 2030, with a magnitude of 1.0468. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Totality will be visible in Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, and Australia.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of April 30, 2041</span> Total eclipse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/SE2041Apr30T.png/320px-SE2041Apr30T.png)
A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, April 30, 2041, with a magnitude of 1.0189. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of May 6, 1883</span> Total eclipse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Caroline-Island-1883-Eclipse.jpg/320px-Caroline-Island-1883-Eclipse.jpg)
A total solar eclipse occurred on May 6, 1883. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. The path of totality fell across the southern Pacific Ocean with no major landfall. Partiality was visible from far eastern Australia at sunrise, and New Zealand, as well as western South America and southern Mexico near sunset. This eclipse is a member of Solar Saros 136, and its maximum duration was 5 minutes and 58.24 seconds.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar eclipse of July 9, 1945</span> Total eclipse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/1945Jul09T.png/320px-1945Jul09T.png)
A total solar eclipse occurred on Monday, July 9, 1945. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. The path of totality crossed northern North America, across Greenland and into Scandinavia, the western Soviet Union, and central Asia.