Solar Eclipse 2014

Solar Eclipse Frequency and Future Eclipses

During the five thousand year period 2000 BCE to 3000 CE, planet Earth experiences 11,898 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses: 2000 BCE to +3000 CE
Eclipse Type	Symbol	Number	Percent
All Eclipses	-	11898	100.0%
Partial	P	4200	35.3%
Annular	A	3956	33.2%
Total	T	3173	26.7%
Hybrid	H	569	4.8%

This works out to an average 2.4 eclipses each year. Actually, the number of solar eclipses in a single year can range from 2 to 5. Nearly 3/4 of the time there are 2 eclipses in a year. On the other hand, it is quite rare to have 5 solar eclipses in a single year. The last time it happened was in 1935 and the next time is 2206. Typically there is 1 total eclipse every 1 to 2 years. Although it is possible to have 2 total eclipses in a single year, it is quite rare. Examples of years containing 2 total eclipses are 1712, 1889, 2057 and 2252.

The table below lists every solar eclipse from 2009 through 2015. Click on the eclipse Calendar Date to see a global map showing where the eclipse is visible from. The Eclipse Type link opens a window showing the path of total and annular eclipses plotted on Google Maps. The Eclipse Magnitude is the fraction of the Sun's diameter covered by the Moon at greatest eclipse. For total and annular eclipses, this value is actually the ratio of the apparent diameters of the Moon to the Sun. The Central Duration lists the duration of totality or annularity at greatest eclipse. The link produces a table of geographic coordinates of the eclipse path. The last column is a brief description of the geographic regions of eclipse visibility. The descriptions in bold are for the paths of total or annular eclipses.

Eclipses of the Sun: 2009 - 2015
Calendar Date	Eclipse Type	Eclipse Magnitude	Central Duration	Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility
(Link to Global Map)	(Link to Google Map)		(Link to Path Table)
2009 Jan 26	Annular	0.928	07m54s	s Africa, Antarctica, se Asia, Australia [Annular: s Indian, Sumatra, Borneo]
2009 Jul 22	Total	1.080	06m39s	e Asia, Pacific Ocean, Hawaii [Total: India, Nepal, China, c Pacific]
2010 Jan 15	Annular	0.919	11m08s	Africa, Asia [Annular: c Africa, India, Malymar, China]
2010 Jul 11	Total	1.058	05m20s	s S. America [Total: s Pacific, Easter Is., Chile, Argentina]
2011 Jan 04	Partial	0.858	-	Europe, Africa, c Asia
2011 Jun 01	Partial	0.601	-	e Asia, n N. America, Iceland
2011 Jul 01	Partial	0.097	-	s Indian Ocean
2011 Nov 25	Partial	0.905	-	s Africa, Antarctica, Tasmania, N.Z.
2012 May 20	Annular	0.944	05m46s	Asia, Pacific, N. America [Annular: China, Japan, Pacific, w U.S.]
2012 Nov 13	Total	1.050	04m02s	Australia, N.Z., s Pacific, s S. America [Total: n Australia, s Pacific]
2013 May 10	Annular	0.954	06m03s	Australia, N.Z., c Pacific [Annular: n Australia, Solomon Is., c Pacific]
2013 Nov 03	Hybrid	1.016	01m40s	e Americas, s Europe, Africa [Hybid: Atlantic, c Africa]
2014 Apr 29	Annular	0.987	-	s Indian, Australia, Antarctica [Annular: Antarctica]
2014 Oct 23	Partial	0.811	-	n Pacific, N. America
2015 Mar 20	Total	1.045	02m47s	Iceland, Europe, n Africa, n Asia [Total: n Atlantic, Faeroe Is, Svalbard]
2015 Sep 13	Partial	0.787	-	s Africa, s Indian, Antarctica

Geographic abbreviations (used above): n = north, s = south, e = east, w = west, c = central