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Eclipses · 2020–2040

Solar & lunar eclipses.

Every entry sourced from the NASA Five-Millennium Canon. 46 solar, 36 lunar — including penumbral lunars and hybrid solars.

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Year by year

Every eclipse plotted on a single timeline. Solar above the rule, lunar below. Coloured by type. Hover over a dot for date and visibility.

Solar eclipses · 2020–2040

total annular hybrid partial

Lunar eclipses · 2020–2035

total (blood moon) partial penumbral

A few eclipse facts

Total solar eclipse
The moon fully covers the sun. Totality lasts up to ~7½ min; the path of totality is ~100–270 km wide.
Annular
"Ring of fire" — the moon is too far to fully cover the sun, leaving a bright annulus.
Hybrid
Total along part of the path, annular along the rest. The rarest type.
Lunar penumbral
Earth's outer shadow only — the moon dims slightly. Often hard to notice without comparison photos.
Saros cycle
Eclipses repeat in 18-year-11-day patterns. Same Saros series eclipses are similar but shifted ~120° in longitude.
Why not every month?
The moon's orbit is tilted 5°. Eclipses only happen when new/full moons coincide with node crossings — twice a year ("eclipse seasons").