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Upcoming Solar Eclipses

Here are the upcoming total and annular solar eclipses in the next decade and the places where they will be visible. The sun is completely blocked by the moon during a total eclipse, while a ring of the sun is still visible surrounding the moon during an annular eclipse.


  • Dec. 14, 2001: Annular eclipse. Visible over the Pacific Ocean and Costa Rica.

  • June 10, 2002: Annular eclipse. Celebes Sea to Mexico.

  • Dec. 4, 2002: Total eclipse. Southern Africa across the Indian Ocean to south Australia.

  • May 31, 2003: Annular eclipse. Iceland, Greenland.

  • Nov. 23, 2003: Total eclipse. Antarctica, southern Indian Ocean.

  • April 8, 2005: Total eclipse. South Pacific to Central America and Venezuela.

  • Oct. 3, 2005: Annular eclipse. Spain, North Africa, East Africa.

  • March 29, 2006: Total eclipse. Eastern Brazil, West Africa, the Sahara, Turkey and the Black Sea.

  • Sept. 22, 2006: Annular eclipse. Guyana, south Atlantic.

  • Aug. 1, 2008: Total eclipse. Siberia and northern China.

  • Jan. 26, 2009: Annular eclipse. Indonesia, Borneo.

  • July 22, 2009: Total eclipse. India, southern China, South Pacific.

  • July 11, 2010: Total eclipse. South Pacific.

Sources: “Sky and Telescope” magazine, New York Public Library Science Desk Reference.

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