The tasks of the International Astronomical Union’s Working Group on Solar Eclipses include:

a) Working with the general public, providing materials and links to explain why eclipses are interesting to watch, how to observe them safely, and what science is being studied; and
b) Working with professional astronomers from around the world, to help coordinate their expeditions to total solar eclipses, including helping them work with customs in various countries about the temporary importation of scientific equipment.

Central Solar Eclipses: 2021 to 2030

Most Recent Total Solar Eclipse- Monday, December 14, 2020

• Total Solar Eclipse Webpage
• Minor Planet Electronic Circular 2020-Y19 MPEC
• Livestream List compiled by Daniel Fischer
• Carnegie Observatory Registration Link (Dr. John Mulchaey – 10:30am to 12:30pm)
• TimeandDate Livestream
• Livestream Information
• Television and other instructions from Argentina (in Spanish)
• Argentinean Assoc. of Astronomy live on December 14 from 11:30 am (Argentine time) through Channel 10 online and shared from the association’s accounts (Twitter and Facebook).
• Jay Anderson’s “weather desk”
• Fred Espenak’s website
• Fred Espenak’s Google map
• Google Map from Xavier Jubier
• Eclipse Comet
• Eclipse Prediction

Most Recent Annular Solar Eclipses—2020 and 2021

Astronomy Magazine article for the June 2021 annular eclipse

• 2021: June 10, Arctic (Canada, Greenland, Russia); partial phases throughout the Eastern U.S.A., Europe, and northern Asia (annular eclipse), Google Map from Xavier Jubier
  • • • • • • • S&T eclipse flight over Southern Canada from Minneapolis
  • 2020: June 21, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman; Pakistan, India, China, Taiwan (annular eclipse), Google Map from Xavier Jubier
    • • June 21st, 2020, “Ring of Photosphere” Annular Eclipse
        • • • • https://sites.williams.edu/eclipse/2020-june-21st-annular-eclipse/

How to View a Solar Eclipse Safely

• Eye Safety

Future Eclipses

• 2021: December 4, Antarctica Google Map from Xavier Jubier
  • Glenn Schneider/Tim Todd’s Total Solar Eclipse Flight Details 
  • TravelQuest on-ice tour (priced from ~$40,000)
  • According to this article there are at least 20 polar-expedition ships planning to be in the path – Kelly Beatty
  • Sky and Telescope Total Eclipse Cruise
  • Michael Zeiler, “Polar Solar Eclipse”, GreatAmericanEclipse.com
• 2022: April 30, South America Google Map from Xavier Jubier
• 2022: October 25, Russia Google Map from Xavier Jubier
  • Two Partials of 2022 – https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/2022
• 2023: April 20 Southeast Asia
  • • Google Map from Xavier Jubier
    • https://nationaleclipse.com/maps/map_04202023.html
    • April 20 Total Eclipse (hybrid) Google Map from Xavier Jubier
• 2024: October 2 Annular Solar Eclipse
• Annular eclipse of October 14, 2023
  http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/xSE_GoogleMap3.php?Ecl=+20231014&Acc=2&Umb=1&Lmt=1&Mag=1&Max=1&Map=ROADMAP
• 2024: April 8 Total eclipse
  • Xavier Jubier Eclipse Map
  • Dan McGlaun’s Eclipse 2024 Site
  • Cloudiness assessment by Jay Anderson
• Fred Espenak’s Google eclipse maps for every solar eclipse from -1999 to +3000 
  • http://eclipsewise.com/solar/solar.html
• Meteorological/Cloudiness Maps
  • FUTURE ECLIPSES 2024-2028
• August 12, 2026 Greenland, Iceland, northern Spain (Xavier Jubier map)
  http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/xSE_GoogleMap3.php?Ecl=+20260812&Acc=2&Umb=1&Lmt=1&Mag=1&Max=1&Map=ROADMAP
• Three Consecutive Years of Eclipse Chasing in Spain
  http://eclipse262728.com
• August 2, 2027 Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia (Xavier Jubier map)
  http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/xSE_GoogleMap3.php?Ecl=+20270802&Acc=2&Umb=1&Lmt=1&Mag=1&Max=1&Map=ROADMAP&Lat=42.43924&Lng=-3.93913&Zoom=4&LC=1
• Three Consecutive Years of Eclipse Chasing in Spain
  http://eclipse262728.com
• Michael Bakich
  “The Next 20 Years of Solar Eclipses” in the September 2021 Astronomy Magazine Astronomy-20 years of eclipses

2020 Eclipses

• 2020: December 14, Pacific Ocean, Chile, Argentina, Atlantic Ocean (total eclipse) , Google Map from Xavier Jubier
• 2020: June 21, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman; Pakistan, India, China, Taiwan (annular eclipse), Google Map from Xavier Jubier
  • June 21st “Ring of Photosphere” Annular Eclipse
  • https://sites.williams.edu/eclipse/2020-june-21st-annular-eclipse/

2019 Eclipses

• 2019: December 26, Saudi Arabia, Oman; India and Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore; southernmost Philippines; Guam (annular eclipse) , Google Map from Xavier Jubier
  • Pasachoff report from India 
  • Elmhamdi report from Saudi Arabia

• 2019: July 2, Pacific Ocean, Chile, and Argentina (total eclipse) , Google Map from Xavier Jubier
  • 2019 Chile Eclipse Page
  • Observations from the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
    https://www.aura-astronomy.org/news/a-stroke-of-astronomical-luck-for-solar-science/
  • https://www.aura-astronomy.org/news/science-teams-announced-for-chile-2019-eclipse/
  • Observations from the European Southern Observatory
    https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann19031/

August 21, 2017, Eclipse

• • • 2017 Eclipse Page
    • 2017: August 21 Total Eclipse in the U.S., Google Map from Xavier Jubier
    • 2017: Fred Espenak’s EclipseWise
    • 2017: Michael Zeiler’s Great American Eclipse
    • Eclipse pairs 2017-2024 ± saros intervals

Basic Eclipse Materials

Previous Eclipses

• • • 2016: Sept 1 Annular Solar Eclipse
    • 2016: March 9 Total Solar Eclipse in Indonesia
    • 2015: September 15 Eclipse in South Africa
    • 2014: April 29 Annular/Partial Eclipse in Antarctica/Australia
      • Williams College Press Release
      • Phys.org Posting
      • Espenak’s Eclipsewise Map
      • Williams College Post-Eclipse Page with Photos and Links
      • Pre-Eclipse weather.com Article
      • Post-Eclipse space.com Article
    • Total Lunar Eclipse of 14/15 April 2014 Simulation by Michael Zeiler
    • 2013: November 3 Total Eclipse in Atlantic/Africa
    • 2012: Annular and Transit of Venus
    • 2011: Four Partial
    • 2010: Annular and Total
    • 2009: Partial, Annular, & Total
    • 2008: Partial, Annular, & Total

Reference Materials

• • • • The Sun by Pasachoff and Leon Golub
      • Eclipse Map Sites
        • Previous Eclipses
          • 2014: October 23 Partial Eclipse in Western US/Canada, Pacific, and Siberia
          • 2015: March 20 Total Eclipse in Arctic, including Svalbard and Faroes; Partial Throughout Europe
            • 2015 Map with Partial-Eclipse Contours
          • 2015: September 13 Great American Eclipse
          • 2016: March 9 Total Eclipse in Indonesia
          • 2016: September 1 Annular Eclipse in Africa
      • Eclipse Web Sites
      • Andy Fraknoi’s ASP Resource Guide
      • Dennis Schatz and Andrew Fraknoi’s Solar Science book with student exercises online or for purchase
      • Publications
      • Satellites and Observatories
      • Shadow Bands and Sunspot Numbers
      • Miscellaneous Links
      • “The Eclipse” by James Fenimore Cooper
      • https://sites.williams.edu/eclipse/
      • Preview YouTube video What the SUN looks like over 10 years (NASA time lapse)
      • General Instructions: Solar Eclipse Spectroscopy Specifications by Robert B Slobins

Eye Safety and Solar Filters

Sources of Partial-Eclipse-Viewing Filters

• • • • Thousand Oaks Optical
      • Rainbow Symphony
      • American Paper Optics
      • Baader Planetarium (Germany)
        • Baader Planetarium Link 2
        • Baader Planetarium Eclipse Glasses

        Thousand Oaks Optical and Baader Planetarium can supply sheets of filter material for use on telescopes or for groups.

        • Amazon
        • Favorite Planets

Eclipse Resources: Science, Observing, History

• BOOKS, BOOKLETS, AND OTHER RESOURCES FOR THE 2017 ECLIPSE
• Find Jay Pasachoff Publications at: http://Solarcorona.com