SAAO - South African Astronomical Observatory

SOLAR ECLIPSES 2004 - 2020

Date
(at time of greatest eclipse)
 

Begins
(P1)

Ends
(P4)

Type

Duration
total or annular phase
 

Visibility in South Africa

2004/04/19

1330 SAST

1739 SAST

Partial

NA

Yes

2004/10/14

0255 SAST

0704 SAST

Partial

NA

No

2005/04/08

1952 SAST

0120 SAST

Total /Annular

00m42s (total ph.)

No

2005/10/03

0936 SAST

1528 SAST

Annular

04m32s

NE of RSA: seen as a slight partial eclipse

2006/03/29

0937 SAST

1446 SAST

Total

04m07s

No

2006/09/22

1040 SAST

1640 SAST

Annular

07m09s

Seen as a partial eclipse

2007/03/19

0238 SAST

0625 SAST

Partial

NA

No

2007/09/11

1226 SAST

1636 SAST

Partial

NA

No

2008/02/07

0338 SAST

0812 SAST

Annular

02m12s

No

2008/08/01

1004 SAST

1438 SAST

Total

02m27s

No

2009/01/26

0657 SAST

1301 SAST

Annular

07m54s

Partial only

2009/07/22

0158 SAST

0712 SAST

Total

06m39s

No

2010/01/15

0605 SAST

1207 SAST

Annular

11m08s

Slight partial eclipse in NE of RSA

2010/07/11

1910 SAST

2357 SAST

Total

05m20s

No

2011/01/04

0840 SAST

1301 SAST

Partial

NA

No

2011/06/01

2125 SAST

0107 SAST

Partial

NA

No

2011/11/25

0623 SAST

1017 SAST

Partial

NA

Slight partial eclipse in S. of RSA

2012/05/21

2256 SAST

0449 SAST

Annular

05m46s

No

2012/11/14

2138 SAST

0245 SAST

Total

04m02s

No

2013/05/10

2325 SAST

0525 SAST

Annular

06m03s

No

2013/11/03

1204 SAST

1728 SAST

Total /Annular

01m40s (total ph.)

Slight partial eclipse in northern and central RSA

2014/04/29

0553 SAST

1014 SAST

Annular

00m00s (Moon's shadow grazes Antarctica)

No

2014/10/23

2137 SAST

0152 SAST

Partial

NA

No

2015/03/20

0941 SAST

1350 SAST

Total

02m47s

No

2015/09/13

0642 SAST

1106 SAST

Partial

NA

Yes

2016/03/09

0119 SAST

0635 SAST

Total

04m10s

No

2016/09/01

0813 SAST

1401 SAST

Annular

03m06s

Partial only

2017/02/26

1411 SAST

1936 SAST

Annular

00m44s

Partial only

2017/08/21

1747 SAST

2304 SAST

Total

02m40s

No

2018/02/15

2056 SAST

0047 SAST

Partial

NA

No

2018/07/13

0348 SAST

0614 SAST

Partial

NA

No

2018/08/11

1002 SAST

1331 SAST

Partial

NA

No

2019/01/06

0134 SAST

0549 SAST

Partial

NA

No

2019/07/02

1855 SAST

2350 SAST

Total

4m33s

No

2019/12/26

0430 SAST

1005 SAST

Annular

3m40s

No

2020/06/21

0546 SAST

1134 SAST

Annular

00m38s

No

2020/12/14

1534 SAST

2053 SAST

Total

02m10s

No



Eclipse data from NASA's eclipse pages

Note: 'Partial only' means that the sun's disk as seen from RSA is only partially covered.


SHADOW TRACKS:
PATH OF THE MOON'S SHADOW ON THE EARTH FOR ECLIPSES IN 2001-2025