Eclipse Resources: Solar and Lunar
Check our Special Events page for information about upcoming observing opportunities and unique programs.
All About Eclipses!
Learn everything you need to know about eclipses. Find out when and where to view the next eclipses, as well as how to do so safely, by watching this video!
April 8, 2024 – Total Solar Eclipse
- Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024 (Great North American Eclipse)
- Use Xavier Jubier's Highly Detailed and Interactive Google Map to find out the exact times and other details for eclipse visibility wherever you drop a pin on the map. See whether your home or any other location lies within the roughly 115-mile-wide path of the total solar eclipse.
- Another total eclipse is coming to North America!
- Total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 over Mexico, the USA, and Canada
Other Comprehensive and Detailed Eclipse Pages
Eclipse America 2023-2024: Information and Resources from the American Astronomical Society.- https://eclipse2024.org/
- https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/
- https://www.timeanddate.com/
- Mr. Eclipse, Fred Espenak is a retired, emeritus American astrophysicist who worked at the Goddard Space Flight Center for many years but may be best known for his work on eclipse predictions. His website features details for solar and lunar eclipses in the past and for eclipses hundreds of years into the future.
- https://www.shadowandsubstance.com/
- https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/home/
Planetarium Software for your computer and mobile devices
Stellarium is a free, open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you would see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
- Stellarium for download on your computer
- Stellarium also runs completely online in your browser. No download required.
- Stellarium for your mobile device, available for iOS and android for a modest fee
October 14, 2023 – Annular Solar Eclipse
- Solar Eclipse 2023 - Annular Eclipse, October 14
- Use Xavier Jubier's Highly Detailed and Interactive Google Map to find out the exact times and other details for eclipse visibility wherever you
drop a pin on the map. See whether your home or any other location lies within the
roughly 125-mile-wide path of the annular solar eclipse.
- If you’ll be in the path of the October 14, 2023, annular eclipse, click HERE as to what you can look for as the Moon covers the face of the Sun
- 2023 annular eclipse in the Western Hemisphere
- See the Ring of Fire eclipse of October 14, 2023!
- 2023 Annular Eclipse Preview
Special Thanks
Special Thanks to the following individuals, companies, and websites for producing and providing so many excellent images and other resources for eclipse education around the world.
Digistar Planetarium Software from Evans & Sutherland, a COSM Company
- Michael Bakich
- Bill Dunford
- George Fleenor
- Dave Hostetter
- Dave Maness
- Theo Wellington
- Maggie Connelly
- Fred Espenak
- Aubrey Gemignani
- Xavier Jubier
- Mark Margolis
- Michael Zeiler
- Paul Deans
- Rick Feinberg
- Celeste Holliman
- Dexter LeDoux
- Jay Pasachoff
- American Astronomical Society
- Astronomy Magazine
- Celestron
- NASA
- NASA Space Visualization Studio
- Roper Mountain Science Center
- Sky and Telescope Magazine
- TravelQuest International