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Ephemeris: 04/09/24 – When is the next solar eclipse?
This is Ephemeris for Tuesday, April 9th. Today the Sun will be up for 13 hours and 13 minutes, setting at 8:21, and it will rise tomorrow at 7:06. The Moon, 1 day past new, will set at 9:58 this evening.
I hope you’ve had a good eclipse and were able to view it. I don’t know if you saw the eclipse or if I saw the eclipse since this is being recorded before the events. However, it’s time to look at the next time you might be able to see a solar eclipse. Our next Great American Eclipse isn’t for 21 years on August 12th 2045, which I won’t make, guaranteed. But we have some other minor solar eclipses visible in our area before that eclipse. Our next eclipse will be about 11% eclipse that’ll occur August 12th of 2026, just two years away. It’s not much compared to the 89% yesterday for our area. There will be an even tinier eclipse on January 26th of 2028. Just 2.5% of the Sun’s diameter will be covered. The best of the next three eclipses occurs on January 14th 2029, when the Moon encroaches on 69% of the Sun’s diameter. There are five more partial eclipses visible before 2045.
The astronomical event times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan (EDT, UT–4 hours). They may be different for your location.
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08/22/2017 – Ephemeris – Future Eclipses visible around northern Michigan
Ephemeris for Tuesday, August 22nd. The Sun rises at 6:53. It’ll be up for 13 hours and 42 minutes, setting at 8:36. The Moon, 1 day past new, will set at 9:17 this evening. | OK, now that some of you have eclipse fever and want to see more, let’s see when the next solar eclipses will occur near us. Four years from now on June 10, 2021 the Sun will rise already in eclipse for us here. This annular eclipse will best be seen in western Ontario Provence, just north of Minnesota. The Moon will be too small to completely cover the Sun. After that is another Great American Eclipse, where the path of totality runs from Texas to Maine, clipping a few miles into the southeast corner of Michigan. That will be April 8, 2024. Around here nearly 87% of the Sun will be covered at maximum. If you want to travel, there are two total eclipses in Chile and Argentina on July 2nd, 2019 near sunset and December 14th, 2020 at midday.
The times given are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
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June 10, 2021 Annular Solar Eclipse track. Credit NASA/GSFC – Fred Espanek
April 8, 2014 Total Solar Eclipse track. Credit NASA/GSFC – Fred Espanek
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