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Solar Eclipse

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Solar Eclipses occur when the Sun is obscured by the Moon, an occasion when the Sun, the Moon and the Earth are in near alignment when the Earth moves into the Moon's umbra or penumbra.

There are three kinds of Solar Eclipses, namely Total Solar Eclipses, Partial Solar Eclipses and Annular Solar Eclipses.

Since the Moon's orbit around the Earth is not in the same plane as the Earth's orbit around the Sun, eclipses do not occur every month. However, contrary to popular belief, solar eclipses are not at all rare. In any one calendar year, there are at least two Solar Eclipses. In some years, notably in the year 2011, there were as many as four. As the path of totality is very narrow, people in a certain region can only observe, on average, a Partial Solar Eclipse every two to three years, while the chance of observing a truly remarkable Total Solar Eclipse is extremely remote. No Total Solar Eclipses will be visible from Hong Kong in the coming century.

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Date (HKT) Type Area of Visibility Hong Kong
2021.06.10 Annular Much of Europe, Much of Asia, North/West Africa, Much of North America, Atlantic, Arctic not visible
2021.12.04 Total South in Australia, South in Africa, South in South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean not visible
2022.04.30 Partial South/West South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Antarctica not visible
2022.10.25 Partial Europe, South/West Asia, North/East Africa, Atlantic not visible
2023.04.20 Annular-Total South/East Asia, Australia, Pacific, Indian Ocean, Antarctica partial
2023.10.14 Annular West in Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic not visible
2024.04.08 Total Much of Europe, North in Asia, North/West Africa, Much of North America, Atlantic, Arctic not visible
2024.10.02 Annular Much of South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Antarctica not visible
2025.03.29 Partial Much of Europe, North in Asis, North/West Africa, Much of North America, Atlantic, Arctic not visible
2025.09.21 Partial South in Australia, Pacific, Atlantic, Antarctica not visible