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Eclipses of the sun and moon
An eclipse of the sun happens when the moon passes in front of the sun. If only part of the sun is blocked from view, it is a partial eclipse. If all of the sun is hidden, it's
a total eclipse. If the center of the moon's disk passes directly in front of the center of the sun's disk but the moon is far enough away to appear as a smaller disk inside
the sun's disk, it is an annular eclipse. In some eclipses, the moon's movement closer or farther from Earth as the eclipse happens causes the eclipse to be total in some
places and annular in others. That's described as a hybrid eclipse. Partial and annular eclipses must be viewed carefully. The sun's light may be dim enough not to be painful
when you look at such an eclipse. However, there may still be enough ultraviolet and infrared to damage the tissues inside your eyes. Only a total eclipse may be looked at
safely with the unprotected eye, and even then you must still use eye protection during the partial phases.
An eclipse of the moon happens when at least part of the moon passes through Earth's shadow. If the moon passes through only the outer part of the shadow, or the penumbra, it is
a penumbral eclipse. The earth is blocking only some sunlight from reaching the moon, so the moon may dim subtly without many people noticing. If the moon passes partially into the
inner part of Earth's shadow, or the umbra, a partial eclipse occurs. From the parts of the moon that is darkest, the earth is blocking all of the sun's light except what refracts
through Earth's atmosphere and casts an orange glow on the lunar surface. And if the moon passes entirely into the darkest part of Earth's shadow, a total eclipse occurs. No
special precautions need to be taken to view an eclipse of the moon. The times of solar eclipses vary from place to place. And you have to be in particular places along a certain path to see the total or annular phases. However, lunar eclipse times are the same all over if converted to the same time zone and the entire night side of the earth will see a lunar eclipse.
Here are the eclipses that occur during the 2010 decade. Dates and times are in the Universal Time. The time given is the moment of greatest eclipse. |
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| Year | Date and time | Eclipse type | Areas of visibility |
| 2010 | January 15 - 07:08 | Annular solar | Annular: E. Africa, Indian Ocean, S. Asia. Partial: E. Africa, E. Europe, S. and W. Asia, Indian Ocean |
| June 26 - 11:38 | Partial lunar | Americas, Pacific, Australia, S.E. Asia | |
| July 11 - 19:35 | Total solar | Total: S. Pacific Ocean. Partial: S. Pacific Ocean, W. South America. | |
| December 21 - 08:17 | Total lunar | Atlantic, Americas, Pacific, far east Asia | |
| 2011 | January 4 - 08:52 | Partial solar | E. Europe, W. Asia, N. Africa |
| June 1 - 21:17 | Partial solar | Arctic Ocean, N.E. Asia, N.E. North America | |
| June 15 - 20:13 | Total lunar | W. Pacific, Antarctica, Australia, Indian Ocean, Asia, Africa, S. Atlantic | |
| July 1 - 08:40 | Partial solar | Ocean areas south of Africa | |
| November 25 - 06:21 | Partial solar | Antarctica and nearby ocean areas | |
| December 10 - 14:32 | Total lunar | Pacific, Australia, Asia, Indian Ocean, E. Africa, E. Europe | |
| 2012 | May 20 - 23:54 | Annular solar | Annular: Japan, N. Pacific Ocean, W. USA Partial: E. Asia, W. North America, Arctic Ocean |
| June 4 - 11:03 | Partial lunar | Americas, Pacific, Australia, S.E. Asia, Antarctica, E. Indian Ocean | |
| November 13 - 22:13 | Total solar | Total: N. Australia, S. Pacific Partial: E. Australia, S. Pacific, Antarctica | |
| November 28 - 14:33 | Penumbral lunar | Pacific, Australia, Asia, Indian Ocean, E. Europe, E. Africa | |
| 2013 | April 25 - 20:08 | Partial lunar | W. Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa, Indian Ocean, Atlantic, Europe |
| May 10 - 00:26 | Annular solar | Annular: Australia, Pacific Partial: Australia, Malaysia, Pacific | |
| May 25 - 04:10 | Penumbral lunar | W. Africa, Atlantic, Americas, Pacific, Antarctica | |
| October 18 - 23:50 | Penumbral lunar | Asia, Indian Ocean, Africa, Europe, Americas, Arctic | |
| November 3 - 12:48 | Hybrid solar | Total: Atlantic, Africa Partial: N.E. South America, Atlantic, S. Europe, Africa | |
| 2014 | April 15 - 07:46 | Total lunar | Atlantic, Americas, Pacific, Australia, Antarctica |
| April 29 - 06:05 | Annular solar | Annular: Antarctica Partial: Antarctica, Indian Ocean, Australia | |
| October 8 - 10:55 | Total lunar | Americas, Pacific, Australia, Asia, Indian Ocean | |
| October 23 - 21:46 | Partial solar | N. Pacific, N.W. North America | |
| 2015 | March 20 - 09:47 | Total solar | Total: N. Atlantic, Arctic Ocean Partial: N. Africa, Europe, W. Asia, Greenland |
| April 4 - 12:00 | Total lunar | Americas, Pacific, Australia, Asia, Indian Ocean, Antarctica | |
| September 13 - 06:55 | Partial solar | S. Africa, S. Indian Ocean, Antarctica | |
| September 28 - 02:47 | Total lunar | Africa, Europe, Atlantic, Americas, E. Pacific | |
| 2016 | March 9 - 01:58 | Total solar | Total: Malaysia, Pacific Partial: S.E. Asia, Australia, Pacific |
| March 23 - 11:47 | Penumbral lunar | North America, Pacific, Australia, E. Asia, E. Indian Ocean, Antarctica | |
| August 18 - 09:42 | Penumbral lunar | Australia, Pacific, Americas, Antarctica | |
| September 1 - 09:08 | Annular solar | Total: Africa, Indian Ocean Partial: Africa, Indian Ocean | |
| September 16 - 18:54 | Penumbral lunar | W. Pacific, Australia, Asia, Indian Ocean, Africa, Europe | |
| 2017 | February, 11 - 00:44 | Penumbral lunar | Asia, Indian Ocean, Africa, Europe, Atlantic, Americas |
| February, 26 - 14:55 | Annular solar | Annular: S.E. Pacific, S. America, S. Atlantic, S. Africa Partial: Antarctica, South America, S. Atlantic, W. Africa | |
| August 7 - 18:20 | Partial lunar | W. Pacific, Australia, Asia, Indian Ocean, Africa, Antarctica | |
| August 21 - 18:27 | Total solar | Total: N. Pacific, USA, N. Atlantic Partial: N. Pacific, N. America, Arctic, N. Atlantic, N. South America | |
| 2018 | January, 31 - 13:30 | Total lunar | North America, Pacific, Australia, Asia, Indian Ocean |
| February, 15 - 20:53 | Partial solar | Antarctica, S. Pacific, S. South America | |
| July 13 - 03:02 | Partial solar | Ocean south of Australia | |
| July 27 - 20:22 | Total lunar | W. Pacific, Australia, Indian Ocean, Antarctica, Asia, Africa, S. Europe, Atlantic | |
| August 11 - 09:47 | Partial solar | Arctic, Greenland, N. Europe, Asia | |
| 2019 | January 6 - 01:43 | Partial solar | E. Asia, N. Pacific |
| January 21 - 05:12 | Total lunar | Africa, Europe, Atlantic, Americas, Pacific | |
| July 2 - 19:24 | Total solar | Total: S. Pacific, S. South America Partial: S. Pacific, South America | |
| July 16 - 21:31 | Partial lunar | Australia, Asia, Indian Ocean, Africa, Atlantic, South America | |
| December 26 - 05:19 | Annular solar | Annular: S. Asia, Malaysia, W. Pacific Partial: Asia, Indian Ocean, Australia, W. Pacific | |
| 2020 | January 10 - 19:10 | Penumbral lunar | W. Pacific, Australia, Asia, Indian Ocean, Africa, Europe |
| June 5 - 19:25 | Penumbral lunar | Asia, Australia, Indian Ocean, Africa, Antarctica | |
| July 5 - 04:30 | Penumbral lunar | W. Africa, Atlantic, N. America, S. America, E. Pacific, Antarctica | |
| November 30 - 09:43 | Penumbral lunar | Arctic Ocean, N. America, northern S. America, Pacific, Australia, far east Asia | |
| June 21 - 06:41 | Annular solar | Annular: N.E. Africa, Arabian peninsula, S Asia, Taiwan, Philippine Sea Partial: S.E. Europe, N.E. Africa, Asia, N. Indian Ocean, Malaysia | |
| December 14 - 16:15 | Total solar | Total: S.E. Pacific, S. America, S. Pacific Partial: S.E. Pacific, S. America, S. Atlantic Antarctica | |
| 2021 | May 26 - 11:19 | Total lunar | Western Americas, Pacific, Australia, Antarctica, southeast Asia |
| June 10 - 10:43 | Annular solar | Annular: northeast N. America, Arctic, northeast Asia Partial: N. America, Arctic, N. Atlantic, Europe, Asia | |
| November 19 - 09:03 | Partial lunar | N. America, S. America, Pacific, Australia, E. Asia, Arctic | |
| December 4 - 07:35 | Total solar | Total: Antarctica, Weddell Sea Partial: Antarctica, South Sea, S. Africa | |
| 2022 | April 30 - 20:43 | Partial solar | southeast Pacific, S. America |
| May 16 - 04:12 | Total lunar | Africa, Atlantic, N. America, S. America, E. Pacific, Antarctica | |
| October 25 - 11:01 | Partial solar | Europe, northeast Africa, W. Asia | |
| November 8 - 10:59 | Total lunar | N. America, northwest A. America, Pacific, Australia, E. Asia, Arctic | |
| 2023 | April 20 - 04:18 | Annular-total solar | Annular: Ends of central path in Indian and Pacific oceans Total: Indian Ocean, Indonesia, S.W. Pacific Partial: Indian Ocean, Australia, Indonesia, Micronesia |
| May 5 - 17:23 | Penumbral lunar | W. Pacific, Asia, Australia, Indian O., Africa, Antarctica | |
| October 14 - 18:01 | Annular solar | Annular: E. Atlantic, N. America, S. America Partial: N. America, S. America, E. Pacific, W. Atlantic | |
| October 28 - 20:14 | Partial lunar | Australia, Asia, Indian Ocean, Africa, Europe, Atlantic | |
| 2024 | March 25 - 07:13 | Penumbral lunar | Atlantic, N. America, S. America, Pacific |
| April 8 - 18:18 | Total solar | Total: E. Pacific, N. America, N. Atlantic Partial: E. Pacific, N. America, N. Atlantic | |
| September 18 - 02:44 | Partial lunar | Africa, W. Europe, Atlantic, N. America, S. America, E. Pacific | |
| October 2 - 18:46 | Annular solar | Annular: Pacific, S. America Partial: Pacific, S. America, Antarctica | |
| 2025 | March 14 - 06:59 | Total lunar | W. Africa, Atlantic, N. America, S. America, Pacific |
| March 29 - 10:49 | Partial solar | N. Atlantic, Greenland, northwest Africa, Europe, northwest Asia | |
| September 7 - 18:12 | Total lunar | W. Pacific, Asia, Australia, Indian Ocean, Africa, E. Europe | |
| September 21 - 19:43 | Partial solar | S. Pacific, Antarctica | |
| 2026 | February 17 - 12:13 | Annular solar | Annular: Antarctica Partial: Antarctica, Indian Ocean, S. Africa, S. Atlantic |
| March 3 - 11:34 | Total lunar | N. America, western S. America, Pacific, Australia, E. Asia, E. Indian Ocean | |
| August 12 - 17:47 | Total solar | Total: northeast Atlantic, Iceland, Greenland, Arctic Partial: N. America, N. Atlantic, northwest Europe, Arctic | |
| August 28 - 04:13 | Partial lunar | Africa, Atlantic, S. America, N. America, E. Pacific | |
| 2027 | February 6 - 16:01 | Annular solar | Annular: S. Pacific, S. America, S. Pacific Partial: S. Pacific, S. America, S. Atlantic, W. Africa |
| February 20 - 23:13 | Penumbral lunar | Asia, Indian Ocean, Europe, Africa, Atlantic, S. America | |
| July 18 - 16:03 | Penumbral lunar | W. Pacific, E. Asia, Australia, Indian Ocean, Antarctica | |
| August 2 - 10:08 | Total solar | Total: N. Atlantic, Gibraltar, N. Africa coast, Arabian peninsula, Indian Ocean Partial: N. Atlantic, N. Africa, Europe, S.W. Asia, Indian Ocean | |
| August 17 - 07:14 | Penumbral lunar | Atlantic, N. America, S. America, Pacific | |
| 2028 | January 12 - 04:13 | Partial lunar | Africa, Europe, Atlantic, N. America, S. America, E. Pacific, Arctic |
| January 26 - 15:09 | Annular solar | Annular: Galapagos, S. America, Atlantic, S.W. Europe Partial: S. Atlantic, S. America, N. America, Atlantic, W. Europe, N.W. Africa | |
| July 6 - 18:20 | Partial lunar | W. Pacific, S. Asia, Australia, Indian Ocean, Antarctica, Africa | |
| July 22 - 02:57 | Total solar | Total: Indian Ocean, Australia, New Zealand Partial: Indian Ocean, Maylasia, Australia, S.W. Pacific | |
| December 31 - 16:52 | Total lunar | Pacific, Arctic, Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe | |
| 2029 | January 14 - 17:14 | Partial solar | N. America |
| June 12 - 04:06 | Partial solar | Arctic, areas close to the Arctic coast | |
| June 26 - 03:22 | Total lunar | Africa, Atlantic, S. America, N. America, E. Pacific, Antarctica | |
| July 11 - 15:37 | Partial solar | S. America tip, nearby ocean areas | |
| December 5 - 15:04 | Partial solar | Antarctica and nearby ocean areas | |
| December 20 - 22:42 | Total lunar | Asia, Europe, Africa, Indian Ocean, Atlantic, N. America, S. America, Arctic | |