Current events/Eclipses

Revision as of 09:45, 16 August 2010

Solar eclipses I'm keeping in mind and approximately watching out for...

2010

Easter island!

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2010Jul11Tgoogle.html

2012

13 november - 5-8am in Cairns, QLD

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2012Nov13Tgoogle.html

2017

Through north america - the point of maximum eclipse is just up the road from Nashville, so I expect some kind of awesome music festival!

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2017Aug21Tgoogle.html

2019

Buenos Aires gets skimmed right on sunset.

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2019Jul02Tgoogle.html

2024

Mexico, up through Dallas, then Niagra Falls

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2024Apr08Tgoogle.html

2026

North spain at Sunset (Madrid, you just barely miss out)

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2026Aug12Tgoogle.html

2027

Gibralter Straight, the Nile (just north of Aswan Dam) and also Mecca around midday

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2027Aug02Tgoogle.html

four total eclipses in Australia in a decade... (2028-2038)

2028

Bourke, Nyngan, Dubbo, then bullseye on Sydney at 2pm

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2028Jul22Tgoogle.html

2030

including Wilpena Pound at sunset

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2030Nov25Tgoogle.html

2037

Geraldton, up to Uluru, then down to South Brisbane/Byron Bay in the early afternoon

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2037Jul13Tgoogle.html

2038

Whyalla, NSW/VIC border in the early morning

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2038Dec26Tgoogle.html

2035 (annular), 2037, 2038 (as above for Australia) are also good for NewZealand...

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2035Mar09Agoogle.html

2042

Annular eclipse in Australia (through NT (including Elliott) down through Canberra (Lake George!?)

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2042Oct14Agoogle.html

2045

Florida (Cape Canaveral!), The Bahamas, Haiti

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2045Aug12Tgoogle.html

2053

Straights of Gibraltar, just outside Mecca

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2051/SE2053Sep12Tgoogle.html

Links

• NASA Eclipse Web Site
• http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEdecade/SEdecade2021.html
• http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEdecade/SEdecade2031.html
• image showing 2001-2020 solar eclipses
• image showing 2021-2040 solar eclipses