When will the next solar eclipse be observable from central florida?
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The eclipse of October 23, 2014 will be visible in central Florida in the late afternoon as a partial eclipse. Aug 21, 2017 is partial in Florida but the path of totality goes through Georgia.
According to NASA, the next total eclipse to been seen in Florida will be: August 12, 2045.
You may catch a partial eclipse earlier as the previous poster mentioned (2017).
You might want to travel if you want to see a good one before 2045... :)
The site below will show you the eclipse nearest your location. The next complete solar eclipse in North America occurs on August 1, 2008 but it will only be visible from northern Canada. The next complete solar eclipse visible from the United States occurs on August 21, 2017. The track goes from Washington State, and exits on the east coast near the Carolinas. However, you can keep track of the link and watch for when you'll be able to see one in your area.
There is an eclipse in 2014 but observers will see only the very beginnings of a partial eclipse of a setting Sun. The continental USA, except upper Maine in 2008, will see none until 2012. And the 2012 solar eclipse (partial) will not be visible from Florida, except the extreme western panhandle, which might see the very end. However, again the Sun will be very low, only about one degree or less above the horizon as the eclipse ends near Pensacola.
The next solar eclipse than can be realistically seen from Florida does not occur until 2017! Florida will see about a 90% partial eclipse. However, this eclipse will appear total throughout the central USA from Oregon to South Carolina — the first total solar eclipse visible in the continental USA since 1979!
Well, if you take stock in the "solar eclipse tours" website,
http://www.eclipsetours.net/schedule.htm...
The USA will experience an "Annular" eclipse on May 20, 2012.
However, the USA will experience a "Total" eclipse on August 21, 2017.
So, break out your protective eyewear, and chill out until then!
Or if you refer to their entire eclipse schedule through the year 2020, you may find a nice South Pacific island and check out the eclipse scheduled for April 8, 2005.
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Hi Alan!
1) The next total eclipse of the sun in central Flroida will be August 12, 2045. Around noon that day, most of the state (except for the far northeast and the extreme southwest) will be under the path of totalaity.
2) If you're not inclined to wait that long, the next total eclipse in the southeastern United States will be Monday August 21, 2017. This one will be total in South Carolina and northeast Georgia, so plan now to take a couple days off to go see it. Central Florida will see not more than 90% of the solar disc covered in a partial eclipse, so it's worth driving into the path of totality.
(I don't know where the talk of a 2014 eclipse arose. There is a very shallow partial eclipse that day, starting a few minutes before sunset in Florida. Even if you stare right at the setting sun, I doubt that you'd even notice that the edge of the moon is ever-so-gently brushing against the northern limb of the sun. Perhaps some writers had difficulty interpreting their eclipse mapping. The same goes for the partial eclipse of November 3, 2013, of which you have a small chance of seeing a tiny nip at sunrise, a few minutes before the eclipse ends.)
If you don't want to wait around for solar eclipses, you'll be happy to know that Florida gets two total eclipses of the moon, in August and February. In the early morning hours of Tuesday, August 28th, the partial lunar eclipse starts at 4:51 a.m. Eastern Time, reaching totality at 5:52 a.m. The sun comes up and the moon sets before totality ends.
The Wednesday, February 20th , 2008 lunar eclipse will be better positioned for Floridians. The partial eclipse begins at 8:43 p.m. Eastern Time (prime time!) with totality achieved by 10 p.m.
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