Ever experienced a total solar eclipse?
Hello Steemians,
There has been a lot of news lately about the total solar eclipse, I bet a lot of my friends in the USA had the priviledge of expereincing this rare and exciting event.I live in Nigeria and have not experienced a total solar eclipse before and I imagine there are a lot of people like me who would love to experience this someday, well I did what I enjoy doing and went in search of data of previous total solar eclipses and even got data of future solar eclipses. I found this website a great resource in getting the data.
Total Solar Eclipse over the past 20 years
There were a total of 16 Total Solar eclipse event occuring between 9th of March 1997 and 21st of August 2017.
| Date | Country Total Solar Eclipse Seen |
|---|---|
| Sunday, March 09, 1997 | Mongolia |
| Russia | |
| China | |
| Thursday, February 26, 1998 | Columbia |
| Venezuela | |
| Curacao | |
| Antingua and Barbuda | |
| Wednesday, August 11, 1999 | Belgium |
| Luxembourg | |
| Germany | |
| Austria | |
| Serbia | |
| Hungary | |
| Romania | |
| Iraq | |
| Iran | |
| Pakistan | |
| India | |
| Thursday, June 21, 2001 | Angola |
| Zambia | |
| Wednesday, December 04, 2002 | Angola |
| Australia | |
| Monday, November 24, 2003 | Australia |
| Newzealand | |
| Argentina | |
| Chile | |
| Friday, April 08, 2005 | Panama |
| Wednesday, March 29, 2006 | Brazil |
| Ghana | |
| Togo | |
| Benin | |
| Niger | |
| Turkey | |
| Georgia | |
| Russia | |
| Kazakhstan | |
| Friday, August 01, 2008 | Canada |
| Russia | |
| Mongolia | |
| China | |
| Wednesday, July 22, 2009 | India |
| Nepal | |
| Bhutan | |
| China | |
| Sunday, July 11, 2010 | Chile |
| Argentina | |
| Wednesday, November 14, 2012 | Australia |
| Sunday, November 03, 2013 | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Uganda | |
| Friday, November 20, 2015 | Norway |
| Faroe Islands | |
| Wednesday, March 09, 2016 | Indonesia |
| Monday, August 21, 2017 | USA |
Russia,China and Australia (Regions within these countries)expereinced total solar eclipse the most within the past 20 years,they experienced it 3 times.
Total Solar Eclipse over the next 20 years
If you are like me and have never experienced a total solar eclipse, then you should pay attention to the following dates and location, at least you can strike that out of your bucket list. Depending on your preferred location, you might have to be very patient to experience the next one.The next total solar eclipse would happen in about 2 years on the 2nd of July 2019 and would be seen in regions within Chile and Argentina.There would be a total of 14 total solar eclipse events over the next 20 years, be sure to catch one :). See dates and location below:
| Date | Country |
|---|---|
| Tuesday, July 02, 2019 | Chile |
| Argentina | |
| Monday, December 14, 2020 | Chile |
| Saturday, December 04, 2021 | Argentina |
| Monday, April 08, 2024 | Mexico |
| USA | |
| Canada | |
| Wednesday, August 12, 2026 | Iceland |
| Spain | |
| Monday, August 02, 2027 | Spain |
| Morocco | |
| Gibraltar | |
| Algeria | |
| Tunisia | |
| Libya | |
| Egypt | |
| Saudi Arabia | |
| Yemen | |
| Somalia | |
| Saturday, July 22, 2028 | Australia |
| Newzealand | |
| Monday, November 25, 2030 | Namibia |
| Botswana | |
| South Africa | |
| Wednesday, March 30, 2033 | USA |
| Russia | |
| Monday, March 20, 2034 | Nigeria |
| Cameroon | |
| Chad | |
| Saudi Arabia | |
| Iran | |
| Afghanistan | |
| Pakistan | |
| India | |
| Sunday, September 02, 2035 | China |
| North Korea | |
| Japan | |
| Monday, July 13, 2037 | Australia |
| Newzealand |
Yipee there would be a total solar eclipse here in Nigeria within the next twenty years,It would happen in 2034 which is about 17 years from now, that is a long wait.I do hope someone finds this information useful.
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That picture cracks me up every time.
Trump got eyes that could see the eclipse.
Trump Trump! Wonder what he was thinking though. The boss has got himself solar eyes, i suppose.
I will love to witness total solar eclipse. It appears it is rare in this part of the world.
Ok have never they say it happens one in a life time right