Solar Eclipse Expeditions
Here is the accounting of my 27 adventures into the Moon’s shadow since 1991. Available Trip Reports are linked.
11 Jul 1991 – La Paz, Mexico – Total – 6:50
04 Jan 1992 – Catalina Island, USA – Annular – clouded out
10 May 1994 – Stratford, Canada – Annular – 5:39
03 Nov 1994 – Iguazu Falls, Brazil – Total – 3:39
24 Oct 1995 – Fatehpur Sikri, India – Total – 0:59
26 Feb 1998 – Baby Beach, Aruba – Total – 3:34
11 Aug 1999 – Hasankeyf, Turkey – Total – 2:09
31 Jul 2000 – Pond Inlet, Canada – Partial
25 Dec 2000 – Toronto, Canada – Partial
21 Jun 2001 – Lusaka, Zambia – Total – 3:35
10 Jun 2002 – Puerta Vallarta, Mexico – Annular – barely seen
04 Dec 2002 – Outback, Australia – Total – 0:24
23 Nov 2003 – Antarctica – Total – 1:14 – partially observed
29 Mar 2006 – Jalu, Libya – Total – 4:04
01 Aug 2008 – Yiwu, China – Total – 1:55
22 Jul 2009 – Moganshan, China – Total – 2:15 – partially observed
11 Jul 2010 – Calafate, Argentina – Total – 2:40
20 May 2012 – Arizona, USA – Annular – 2:04
13 Nov 2012 – Lakeland, Australia – Total – 1:28
24 Oct 2014 – South Surrey, BC, Canada – Partial
20 Mar 2015 – Over the Norwegian Sea – Total – 3:49
09 Mar 2016 – Tidore Island, North Maluku, Indonesia – Total – 3:05
21 Aug 2017 – near Riverton,Wyoming, USA – Total – 2:15
10 Jun 2021 – Hockley Valley, Ontario – Deep Partial
20 Apr 2023 – Beacon Island, NW Australia coast – Total – 1:00
14 Oct 2023 – Lindrith, New Mexico, USA – Annular – 2:30
08 Apr 2024 – Mazatlan, Mexico – Total – 4:07
With such short durations it is hard to imagine that in my life I have stood in the Moon’s shadow for 49 minutes and 02 seconds (2,942 seconds)!
On to the next Total Eclipse of the Sun.