Next Eclipses

by Claire Flanagan (claire@astroclaire.co.za / www.moonshadowmix.co.za).

2016 Sep 1 (Thursday)

Annular & partial solar eclipse for most of Africa, and the Indian Ocean.
Morning eclipse for all of Africa except the far north. In the far west, the eclipse starts before sunrise.

For more, visit astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/

Eclipse2016AfricaClocksForMoreAa (37K)


2017 Feb 26 (Sunday)

Annular & partial solar eclipse for parts of South America, the south Atlantic, and Africa.
Central and southern Africa see this late Sunday afternoon. For most of these regions, the Sun sets before the eclipse ends.

For more, visit astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/

EclipseAfricaSolar2017FebAa (24K)


2017 Aug 7 (Monday)

Small partial (25%) early-evening lunar eclipse, for all of Africa except the far west, starting 17:24 and ending 19:19 UT (GMT).
Most of western Africa misses the start.

For more, visit www.eclipsewise.com

LunarEclipse25percentA (8K)
LunarEclipseAfrica2017Aug07 (36K)


2017 Aug 21 (Monday)

Total solar eclipse for North America.
Far western Africa sees the end of the eclipse as the Sun sets.

For more, visit astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/
EclipseAfricaSolar2017AugAa (20K)


2018 Jan 31 (Wednesday)

Total lunar eclipse for Asia and Australia.
The Horn of Africa sees the end of the eclipse as the Moon rises at sunset.

For more, visit www.eclipsewise.com

LunarEclipseTotalA (2K)
LunarEclipseAfrica2018Jan31 (37K)


2018 Jul 27 (Friday)

Total lunar eclipse for most of Africa and Asia.
This is an evening eclipse for Africa, starting 18:25 UT(GMT), ending four hours later.
Totality starts 19:31 and ends 21:14 UT (GMT).

For more, visit www.eclipsewise.com

LunarEclipseTotalA (2K)
LunarEclipse2018Jul27 (35K)


2019 Jan 21 (Monday)

Total lunar eclipse for the Americas, and western edges of Africa and Europe.
This is an early-morning (pre-dawn) eclipse, on Sun/Mon night, for western Africa, starting 03:35 UT(GMT), ending 06:52.
Totality starts 04:42 and ends 05:44 UT (GMT).

For more, visit www.eclipsewise.com

LunarEclipseTotalA (2K)
LunarEclipse2019Jan21 (39K)


2019 Jul 16 (Tuesday)

Partial (65%) lunar eclipse for all of Africa.
This is an evening eclipse, starting 20:03 UT(GMT), ending three hours later.

For more, visit www.eclipsewise.com

LunarEclipse65 (2K)
LunarEclipse2019Jul16 (34K)


2019 Dec 26 (Thursday)

Annular eclipse for Asia.
The Horn of Africa sees the start of the eclipse as the Sun rises.

For more, visit astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/
EclipseAfricaSolar2019DecAa (21K)


2020 Jun 21 (Sunday)

Annular eclipse for Asia.
Central Africa sees the start of the eclipse as the Sun rises.
North-eastern Africa gets an early-morning eclipse.

For more, visit astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/
EclipseAfricaSolar2020Jun (27K)


Note: only eclipses that are visible from Africa are listed.
For full lists of eclipses, see:



Questions and comments can be sent to Claire Flanagan.