When is the next solar eclipse that will be fully visible from London?
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None really in almost the next 200 years at least.
From this site http://www.sbrewer.demon.co.uk/miscellan... here is the list.
31 May 2003
Ah, this one’s not quite total, it’s only an annular eclipse, visible from the North of Scotland at dawn, including Inverness, the Orkneys, Shetlands, and Lewis.
20 Mar 2015
Ah, this one’s not quite visible from the British Isles, but the path crosses between Scotland and Iceland, over the Faroe Islands, and into the Arctic.
3 Sep 2081 Ah, this one’s not quite visible from mainland Britain. The Channel Islands will get a decent view, and the eclipse only narrowly misses the tip of Cornwall.
23 Sep 2090
Yes, at last a total eclipse does cross the mainland, south of a line from Minehead to Hastings. To get the best view you’ll need to be in, where else, Cornwall.
7 Oct 2135
Another total eclipse, this one just after sunrise, visible across central and southern Scotland and north-east England, from Dundee down to Bridlington.
25 May 2142
Ah, this one’s not quite visible from mainland Britain. The Channel Islands will get a decent view, and the eclipse narrowly misses the south coast of England.
14 Jun 2151
A total eclipse will be visible across southern Scotland, and northern and eastern England. It’s London’s first total eclipse since 1715, and it was 1151 before that.
4 Jun 2160
Bloody Cornwall again.
8 Nov 2189
Bloody Cornwall again.
From Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_sol...
21st Century (2000 - AD2090)
31st May 2003 : An Annular Solar Eclipse at Sunrise was observed in the far north-west of Scotland.
29th March 2006 : A partial solar eclipse was visible across the UK. South-easern England saw the greatest magnitude at around 25%, northern Scotland the least at around 15%. The eclipse was total in Libya and Turkey.
1st August 2008 : A small partial eclipse over the whole of the UK as a total eclipse crosses central Russia east of the Urals. 40% in the north of Scotland falling to less than 20% in the south-west of England.
4th January 2011 : A partial eclipse, which is nowhere total, can be seen at sunrise in south-east England, where with a favourable south-eastern horizon a Sun 75% covered by the Moon may be seen.
20th March 2015 : An eclipse which is total across the north Atlanic including the Faroes Islands will result in a large partial eclipse across the UK, greater than 80% everywhere.
11th August 2018 : A very small partial eclipse on the northern coast of Scotland, the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
23rd September 2090 : Total Solar Eclipse : the next total eclipse visible in the UK follows a track similar to that of 11th August 1999, but shifted slightly further north and occuring very near sunset. Maximum duration in Cornwall will be 2 minutes and 10 seconds.
According to Wikipedia:
23rd September 2090 : Total Solar Eclipse : the next total eclipse visible in the UK follows a track similar to that of 11th August 1999, but shifted slightly further north and occuring very near sunset. Maximum duration in Cornwall will be 2 minutes and 10 seconds.
So might not be fully visible from London, but certainly from other points in the south of England. If you're still alive to see it!
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