• Question: When will the next solar eclipse be?

    Asked by nkjones to Amy, Karen, Sarah, Vijay, Will on 14 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Will Reynolds

      Will Reynolds answered on 14 Jun 2012:

      Hi nkjones. There are partial solar eclipses every few years in the UK, the next big one will be in 2015 which will cover about 80 % of the sun. But the next total solar eclipse visible in the UK will be in 2090.

    • Photo: Amy Birch

      Amy Birch answered on 15 Jun 2012:

      Hi nkjones,

      To find out more about the next solar eclipses, check out the NASA eclipse website! http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html

    • Photo: Karen Reed

      Karen Reed answered on 15 Jun 2012:

      Hiya nkjones – I don’t know but I’m not going to be around for the next big UK one in 2090 🙁
      So I will have to keep an eye out (safely of course) on 20 March 2015 when I think we might see a partial one from the UK (that’s if I could understand the table of eclipses correctly – don’t quote me on this date I’m more than a little unsure!!)
      🙂

    • Photo: Sarah Martin

      Sarah Martin answered on 17 Jun 2012:

      Hi nkjones!
      That depends on where you’ll be! The next full solar eclipse is coming up in November for those of us who’ll be in Australia on November 13th.

      Check out its shaddow on the globe here:
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_November_13,_2012

      So you don’t have to wait till 2090 if you’re willing to travel. 🙂

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