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What are Solar Eclipses

Solar Eclipses occur when the Sun is obscured by the Moon, an occasion when the Sun, the Moon and the Earth are in near alignment when the Earth moves into the Moon's umbra or penumbra.

There are three kinds of Solar Eclipses, namely Total Solar Eclipses, Partial Solar Eclipses and Annular Solar Eclipses.

Since the Moon's orbit around the Earth is not in the same plane as the Earth's orbit around the Sun, eclipses do not occur every month. However, contrary to popular belief, solar eclipses are not at all rare. In any one calendar year, there are at least two Solar Eclipses. In some years, notably in the year 2011, there were as many as four. As the path of totality is very narrow, people in a certain region can only observe, on average, a Partial Solar Eclipse every two to three years, while the chance of observing a truly remarkable Total Solar Eclipse is extremely remote. No Total Solar Eclipses will be visible from Hong Kong in the coming century.

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Date (HKT) Type Area of Visibility Hong Kong
2021.06.10 Annular Much of Europe, Much of Asia, North/West Africa, Much of North America, Atlantic and Arctic not visible
2021.12.04 Total South in Australia, South in Africa, South in South America, Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Ocean not visible
2022.04.30 Partial South/West South America, Pacific, Atlantic and Antarctica not visible
2022.10.25 Partial Europe, South/West Asia, North/East Africa and Atlantic not visible
2023.04.20 Annular-Total South/East Asia, Australia, Pacific, Indian Ocean and Antarctica partial
2023.10.14 Annular Western Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic not visible
2024.04.08 Total Much of Europe, Northern Asia, Northern/Western Africa, Much of North America, Atlantic and Arctic not visible
2024.10.02 Annular Much of South America, Pacific, Atlantic and Antarctica not visible
2025.03.29 Partial Much of Europe, Northern Asis, Northern/Western Africa, Much of North America, Atlantic and Arctic not visible
2025.09.21 Partial Southern Australia, Pacific, Atlantic and Antarctica not visible
2026.02.17 Annular Antarctica (annular eclipse);
Africa, South America, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean (partial eclipse)		 not visible
2026.08.12 Total

Greenland, Iceland, Spain, Russia, and a small area of Portugal (total eclipse);
Europe, Africa, North America, the Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and Pacific Ocean (partial eclipse)

 not visible
2027.02.06 Annular

Chile, Argentina, and Atlantic (annular eclipse);

South America, Antarctica, and Southern & Western Africa (partial eclipse) 

 not visible
2027.08.02 Total

Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Somalia (total eclipse);

Africa, Europe, Middle East, and Southern & Western Asia (partial eclipse)

 not visible
2028.01.26 Annular

Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Suriname, Spain, and Portugal (annular eclipse);

Eastern North America, Central & South America, Western Europe, and Northwestern Africa (partial eclipse)

 not visible
2028.07.22 Total

Australia, and New Zealand (total eclipse);
Southeast Asia, East Indies, Australia, and New Zealand (partial eclipse)

 visible
2029.01.14 Partial

North America, and Central America

 not visible
2029.06.12 Partial

Arctic, Scandinavia, Alaska, Northern Asia, and Northern Canada

 not visible
2029.07.11 Partial

Southern Chile, and Southern Argentina

 not visible
2029.12.05 Partial

Southern Argentina, Southern Chile, and Antarctica

 not visible
2030.06.01 Annular

Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Northern China, and Japan (annular eclipse);
Europe, Northern Africa, Middle East, Asia, Arctic, and Alaska (partial eclipse)

 visible
2030.11.25 Total

Botswana, South Africa, and Australia (total eclipse);
Southern Africa, Southern Indian Ocean, East Indies, Australia, and Antarctica (partial eclipse)

 not visible