- List of solar eclipses visible from the United Kingdom 1000–2090 AD
This is a list of
solar eclipse s visible from theUnited Kingdom between 1000 ADndash 2090 AD.A solar eclipse occurs when the
Moon passes betweenEarth and theSun , 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 ofScotland ,Orkney andShetland .
*17 June 1433
**Another Scottish total eclipse from theHebrides in the north-west to the English borders in the east and then a strip of theYorkshire coast.
*25 February 1598
**A total eclipse with a diagonal track fromCornwall in the south-west toAberdeen 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 ofWales , theLake 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 nearAberdeen .
*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 fromCornwall in the south-west toLincolnshire andNorfolk in the east.Edmund Halley , (he of comet fame), observed the eclipse fromLondon . 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 andDevon in the west, eastwards toHampshire andSussex , but passing to the south of London.
*There were no Total Solar Eclipses visible from theUnited Kingdom between 1724 and 1925.The twentieth century (1901 - 2000 AD)
*24 January 1925
**Total Solar Eclipse: A short duration total eclipse atsunset in British waters to the north of theHebrides , 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 NorthWales , throughLancashire to the English north-east coast, but weather was very poor with cloud and high winds. However theAstronomer Royal 's expedition toGiggleswick inNorth Yorkshire were amongst the few to catch sight of totality.
*30 June 1954
**Total Solar Eclipse atUnst in theShetland 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 overCornwall and part of southDevon , partial over rest of United Kingdom. Totality was observable fromEnglish Channel and the island ofAlderney in theChannel 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, 1999The twenty first century (2001 - 2090 AD)
*31 May 2003
**An Annular Solar Eclipse atsunrise was observed in the far north-west ofScotland .
*29 March 2006
**A partial solar eclipse was visible across the UK. South-easternEngland saw the greatest magnitude at around 25%, northernScotland the least at around 15%. The eclipse was total inLibya andTurkey .
**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 centralRussia east of theUrals . 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 northAtlantic including theFaroe 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 andShetland .
*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% inCornwall .
*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 inCornwall will be 2 minutes and 10 seconds. Same day and month as the eclipse of 23 September 1699.Notes
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