List of solar eclipses visible from the United Kingdom 1000–2090 AD

This is a list of solar eclipses visible from the United Kingdom between 1000 ADndash 2090 AD.

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. It is a complete list of total and annular eclipses visible anywhere in the United Kingdom between 1000 AD and 2090 AD [UK Solar Eclipses from Year 1 by Sheridan Williams, Clock Tower Press, ISBN-1-85142-093-2, Published 1996] and a description of forthcoming partial solar eclipses visible in Britain in the next fifteen years or so. [Fifty Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1986 - 2035 by Fred Espenak, NASA ISBN 0-933346-45-X, Published 1987]

The fourteenth to sixteenth centuries (1301 - 1600 AD)

*26 June 1424
**A total eclipse of almost 4 minutes duration in the extreme north of Scotland, Orkney and Shetland.
*17 June 1433
**Another Scottish total eclipse from the Hebrides in the north-west to the English borders in the east and then a strip of the Yorkshire coast.
*25 February 1598
**A total eclipse with a diagonal track from Cornwall in the south-west to Aberdeen in the north-east of Scotland.

The seventeenth to nineteenth centuries (1601 - 1900 AD)

*8 April 1652
**Another total solar eclipse with a diagonal track, this time across the extreme west of Wales, the Lake District and then Scotland from the south-west to the north-east, including most of the major cities.
*12 August 1654
**Yet another total eclipse for Scotland, this time a track across the north of Scotland near Aberdeen.
*23 September 1699
**A narrow path of totality just clipped the north-east corner of Scotland, including Wick.
*3 May 1715
**A marvellous British Total Solar Eclipse from Cornwall in the south-west to Lincolnshire and Norfolk in the east. Edmund Halley, (he of comet fame), observed the eclipse from London. The city of London enjoyed 3 minutes 19 seconds of totality.
*22 May 1724
**A fine Total Solar Eclipse with a north-west to south-east track, from southern Wales and Devon in the west, eastwards to Hampshire and Sussex, but passing to the south of London.
*There were no Total Solar Eclipses visible from the United Kingdom between 1724 and 1925.

The twentieth century (1901 - 2000 AD)

*24 January 1925
**Total Solar Eclipse: A short duration total eclipse at sunset in British waters to the north of the Hebrides, but nowhere touching land.
*24 June 1927
**Total Solar Eclipse: A mere 24 seconds of totality in the early morning, along a narrow track from North Wales, through Lancashire to the English north-east coast, but weather was very poor with cloud and high winds. However the Astronomer Royal's expedition to Giggleswick in North Yorkshire were amongst the few to catch sight of totality.
*30 June 1954
**Total Solar Eclipse at Unst in the Shetland Islands, although the centre line was north of British territorial waters. A large partial eclipse was widely observed over the whole of the UK.
*11 August 1999
**Total Solar Eclipse over Cornwall and part of south Devon, partial over rest of United Kingdom. Totality was observable from English Channel and the island of Alderney in the Channel Islands, but was almost universally clouded out on the British mainland. A large partial eclipse was viewable in the southeast, however.
**details|Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999

The twenty first century (2001 - 2090 AD)

*31 May 2003
**An Annular Solar Eclipse at sunrise was observed in the far north-west of Scotland.
*29 March 2006
**A partial solar eclipse was visible across the UK. South-eastern England saw the greatest magnitude at around 25%, northern Scotland the least at around 15%. The eclipse was total in Libya and Turkey.
**details|Solar eclipse of March 29, 2006
*1 August 2008
**A small partial eclipse over the whole of the UK as a total eclipse crosses central Russia east of the Urals. 40% in the north of Scotland falling to less than 20% in the south-west of England.
**details|Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008
*4 January 2011
**A partial eclipse, which is nowhere total, can be seen at sunrise in south-east England, where with a favourable south-eastern horizon a Sun 75% covered by the Moon may be seen.
*20 March 2015
**An eclipse which is total across the north Atlantic including the Faroe Islands will result in a large partial eclipse across the UK, greater than 80% everywhere.
*11 August 2018
**A very small partial eclipse on the northern coast of Scotland, Orkney and Shetland.
*10 June 2021
**An eclipse which is annular across Canada and the Arctic gives rise to partial eclipse across Britain ranging from 50% in northern Scotland to 30% in south-east England.
*25 October 2022
**An eclipse which is nowhere total results in a partial eclipse across Britain with north-east Scotland the most favoured, at around 35% falling to less than 20% in Cornwall.
*23 September 2090
**Total Solar Eclipse: the next total eclipse visible in the UK follows a track similar to that of 11 August 1999, but shifted slightly further north and occurring very near sunset. Maximum duration in Cornwall will be 2 minutes and 10 seconds. Same day and month as the eclipse of 23 September 1699.

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