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Eclipse 2019: Full list of lunar and solar eclipses to look out for in 2019


The incredibly rare Super eclipse peaked early this morning (Monday, January 21) around 5.13am GMT (UTC). Skywatchers in North America had a particularly good view of the eclipse, but observers in the UK, parts of Europe and Africa also had a chance to witness totality. The total eclipse came just five months after the longest Blood Moon of the century on July 27, 2018. The Blood Moon was also preceded two weeks ago by a partial eclipse of the Sun on January 6.

Stargazers in the eastern half of the globe where the was not visible, unfortunately, missed the event entirely.

And the bad news is the Moon will not reach eclipse totality again for two-and-a-half years until May 2021.

So when exactly are the next eclipses, lunar and solar, and what type of eclipses will these be?

US space agency NASA has calculated the peak dates for every eclipse in the next 5,000 years.

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Lunar eclipses in 2019:

January 21, 2019 – Total eclipse over North America, South America, Pacific, Europe, Africa.

July 16, 2019 – Partial eclipse over South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia.

The partial eclipse in July will see up to 50 percent of the Moon vanish in the shadow cast by the Earth.

According to NASA, the partial eclipse will peak at 9.31pm GMT and will last for two hours and 58 minutes from start to finish.

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After that, there will be four minor penumbral eclipses throughout the year 2020.

January 10, 2020 – Penumbral eclipse over Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.

June 5, 2020 – Penumbral eclipse over Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.

July 5, 2020 – Penumbral eclipse over North and South America, southwest Europe and Africa.

November 30, 2020 – Penumbral eclipse over Asia, Australia, Pacific and North and South America.

Solar eclipse in 2019:

January 6, 2019 – Partial eclipse over northeast Asia and north Pacific.

July 2, 2019 – Total eclipse over South America and south Pacific.

December 26, 2019 – Annular eclipse over Asia and Australia.

The July total eclipse of the Sun promises to be the second biggest astronomical event after tonight’s Blood Moon.

The eclipse will be visible from large swathes of central South America and totality will last for up to four minutes and 33 seconds at a time.

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Then, there will be another annual eclipse and a total eclipse in 2020.

June 21, 2020 – Annular eclipse over Africa, southeast Europe and Asia.

December 14, 2020 – Total eclipse over Antarctica, southern South America and Pacific.

The 2020 total eclipse will clock in at up to two minutes and 10 seconds in totality.



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