by Robert A. Braeunig
| 2010-Jul-11 |
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| This is the second longest eclipse of the next 27 years; unfortunately, it occurs almost entirely over the remote south Pacific Ocean. The eclipse begins about 1600 km northeast of New Zealand, moves toward Mangaia of the southern Cook Islands, and then passes through French Polynesia. Mangaia experiences mid-totality at 18:21 UT with a duration of 3:20. The next island to pass into the Moon's shadow is Mehetia, about 150 km east of Tahiti. This island lies just inside the northern limit and experiences about 1.5 minutes of totality. The eclipse then heads straight for Tuamotu Archipelago where several islands experience totality. The last of these islands, Tatakoto, experiences a duration of 4:39 at 18:48 UT with the Sun at an altitude of 36 degrees. After Tatakoto there lies ahead nothing but empty ocean until the final minutes when the eclipse reaches the southern tip of South America. Maximum eclipse of 5:20.2 occurs at 19:31 UT. The eclipse reaches the islands off the coast of Chile at about 20:48 UT, at which time the duration is 2:56 and the Sun's altitude is just 4 degrees. The eclipse ends over Argentina. |
| 2012-Nov-13 |
| This eclipse begins over Arnhem Land in northern Australia. The path then moves across the Gulf of Carpentaria and then traverses Cape York Peninsula. As the centerline leaves Australia it passes 20 km north of the city of Cairns at 20:39 UT, at which time the duration is 2:06 and the Sun's altitude is 14 degrees. After Australia, the eclipse path crosses the southern Coral Sea and then moves across the south Pacific Ocean missing all major land masses and islands. The eclipse passes south of New Caledonia at about 21:00 UT missing the island by about 420 km. The path then moves north of New Zealand making its closest approach at 21:19 UT, at which time the centerline is about 425 km from North Cape. The duration at this time is 3:26 and the Sun's altitude is 51 degrees. Maximum eclipse of 4:02.2 occurs at 22:14 UT. About 1.5 hours later the eclipse ends about 830 km from the coast of Chile. |
| 2013-Nov-03 |
| This annular-total eclipse traverses the north Atlantic Ocean and then passes across central Africa with maximum eclipse occurring off the coast of Liberia. I couldn't find any details concerning the total phase. |
| 2015-Mar-20 |
| The eclipse begins in the north Atlantic Ocean about 700 km from the southern tip of Greenland. The path then moves northeast passing east of Iceland where the northern limit misses the coast by about 70 km. Maximum eclipse occurs just east of Iceland at 9:45 UT, at which time the duration is 2:46.9 and the Sun's altitude is 18.5 degrees. The eclipse now moves north passing over Svalbard at about 10:11 UT. The eclipse ends several minutes later just 70 km from the north pole. |
| 2016-Mar-09 |
| This eclipse begins over the Indian Ocean and quickly moves eastward toward Indonesia. The eclipse reaches the main coast of Sumatra at 0:20 UT. Two minutes later the centerline passes about 15 km north of the city of Palembang at which time the duration is 2:05 and the Sun's altitude is 18 degrees. The eclipse then crosses the Karimata Strait before reaching the coast of Borneo. The centerline just misses the city of Palangkaraya at 0:30 UT where the duration has increased to 2:30. The path leaves Borneo and moves across the Makassar Strait reaching Sulawesi (also Celebes). The eclipse reaches a duration of 3 minutes near the city of Luwuk on the east side of the island. The eclipse now crosses the Molucca Sea before reaching the last major island along the path, Halmahera. The centerline passes the city of Gotowasi on the east coast of Halmahera at 0:55 UT, at which time the duration is 3:20 and the Sun's altitude is 49 degrees. The eclipse now moves northeast across the Pacific Ocean where the path crosses the Caroline Islands of Micronesia. Just north of this island group the eclipse reaches it maximum duration of 4:09.5 at 1:57 UT. The eclipse now traverses the Pacific Ocean passing just north of Wake Island and just south of Midway Island. The eclipse comes to an end about 1800 km northeast of Hawaii. |
| 2017-Aug-21 |
| Finally the United States is home to another total eclipse. The eclipse cuts a 100-115 km path through the middle of the country passing through Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, northeast Kansas, Missouri, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, Tennessee, western North Carolina, northeast Georgia, and South Carolina. The eclipse begins over the north Pacific Ocean and passes over nothing but empty sea before reaching the coast of Oregon at 17:17 UT. One minute later the centerline passes about 15 km south of Salem, where the duration is 2:00 and the Sun's altitude is 40 degrees. The eclipse reaches Casper, Wyoming at 17:44 UT, where the duration has increased to 2:26, and then continues east-southeast. The four largest cities to experience totality all lie near the edge of the path. At 18:03 UT Lincoln, Nebraska passes about 10 km inside the northern limit, while six minutes later the southern limit grazes Kansas City, Missouri. At 18:18 UT Saint Louis, Missouri is grazed by the northern limit, and ten minutes after that Nashville passes about 15 km inside the southern limit. The eclipse reaches its maximum duration of 2:40.2 at 18:22 UT in southern Illinois where the Sun's altitude is 64 degrees. As the centerline reaches South Carolina it passes about 15 km south of Columbia at 18:43 UT and then reaches the Atlantic Ocean 4.5 minutes later about 50 km northeast of Charleston where the duration is 2:34. The eclipse then sweeps across the Atlantic Ocean coming to an end 600 km southwest of Cape Verde. Other major US cities passing within 85 km of totality include Eugene, Portland, Boise, Omaha, Topeka, Chattanooga, Knoxville (a near miss), and Charlotte. |
| 2019-Jul-02 |
| This eclipse begins over the south Pacific Ocean about 1600 km east of New Zealand. As the eclipse moves east-northeast, totality passes over only one island - Oeno of the Pitcairn island group. Oeno Island experiences about 3 minutes of totality at 18:26 UT with the Sun at an altitude of 32 degrees. The eclipse then passes over empty ocean reaching maximum eclipse of 4:32.8 at 19:24 UT. The path then moves east-southeast reaching the coast of Chile about 40 km north of La Serena at 20:39 UT, at which time the duration is 2:36 and the altitude is 14 degrees. The eclipse quickly crosses Chile and moves over Argentina. A few minutes later the northern limit grazes Buenos Aires. The eclipse ends moments later just short of the Atlantic coast. |
| 2020-Dec-14 |
| This eclipse begins over the Pacific Ocean about 700 km east of the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. The eclipse then moves east-southeast across the Pacific Ocean toward the coast of Chile. The centerline makes landfall at 16:01 UT about 90 km north of Valdivia. One minute later, the city of Temuco passes just inside the northern limit. The eclipse then moves over Argentina and reaches its maximum duration of 2:09.6 at 16:14 UT, at which time the Sun's altitude is 73 degrees. Five minutes later the centerline reaches the Gulf of San Matias. The northern shore of the gulf remains inside the path of totality until 16:25, at which time the eclipse moves over the south Atlantic Ocean. The eclipse comes to an end about 1.5 hours later 350 km from the coast of Namibia. |