Annular solar eclipse
Seen from: S. America, Antarctica, w & s Africa. Annular path: Chile, Argentina, Atlantic.
Visible from 23 of our 170 cities; best: Lagos (annular).
Eclipses
A solar eclipse can only happen at new Moon and a lunar eclipse only at full Moon, when the Moon's tilted orbit carries it through the line between Earth and the Sun. That lines up two to five times a year. Each eclipse below links to a page with local times for our cities.
Solar eclipses
Total solar eclipse
Seen from: Africa, Europe, Mid East, w & s Asia. Total path: Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia.
Visible from 73 of our 170 cities; best: Luxor (total).
Annular solar eclipse
Seen from: e N. America, C. & S. America, w Europe, nw Africa. Annular path: Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Suriname, Spain, Portugal.
Visible from 81 of our 170 cities; best: Seville (annular).
Total solar eclipse
Seen from: SE Asia, E. Indies, Australia, N.Z.. Total path: Australia, N. Z..
Visible from 24 of our 170 cities; best: Sydney (total).
Partial solar eclipse
Seen from: N. America, C. America.
Visible from 44 of our 170 cities; best: Yellowknife (82% covered).
Partial solar eclipse
Seen from: Arctic, Scandanavia, Alaska, n Asia, n Canada.
Visible from 22 of our 170 cities; best: Reykjavík (28% covered).
Partial solar eclipse
Seen from: s Chile, s Argentina.
Visible from 1 of our 170 cities; best: Ushuaia (9% covered).
Partial solar eclipse
Seen from: s Argentina, s Chile, Antarctica.
Visible from 1 of our 170 cities; best: Ushuaia (2% covered).
Annular solar eclipse
Seen from: Europe, n Africa, Mid East, Asia, Arctic, Alaska. Annular path: Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Russia, n. China, Japan.
Visible from 72 of our 170 cities; best: Istanbul (annular).
Total solar eclipse
Seen from: s Africa, s Indian Oc., E. Indies, Australia, Antarctica. Total path: Botswana, S. Africa, Australia.
Visible from 19 of our 170 cities; best: Windhoek (total).
Lunar eclipses
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Seen from: Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia.
Visible from 100 of our 170 cities.
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Seen from: e Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific.
Visible from 56 of our 170 cities.
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Seen from: Pacific, Americas.
Visible from 71 of our 170 cities.
Partial lunar eclipse
Seen from: Americas, Europe, Africa.
Visible from 115 of our 170 cities.
Partial lunar eclipse
Seen from: Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia.
Visible from 79 of our 170 cities.
Total lunar eclipse
Seen from: Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific.
Visible from 112 of our 170 cities.
Total lunar eclipse
Seen from: Americas, Europe, Africa, Mid East.
Visible from 117 of our 170 cities.
Total lunar eclipse
Seen from: Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia.
Visible from 148 of our 170 cities.
Partial lunar eclipse
Seen from: Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia.
Visible from 86 of our 170 cities.
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Seen from: Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia.
Visible from 104 of our 170 cities.
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Watching safely
Never look at the Sun directly or through binoculars, a telescope or a camera without a proper solar filter, not even when most of it is covered. Use eclipse glasses made to the ISO 12312-2 standard, or project the Sun's image through a pinhole onto card. Only during the brief totality of a total eclipse, when the Sun is completely covered, is it safe to look with the naked eye, and the glasses must go back on as soon as the first bright point of sunlight reappears.
Lunar eclipses are safe to watch with no protection at all.