Predictions for Total Solar Eclipses of 2008, 2009 and 2010

Fred Espenak (NASA's GSFC) and Jay Anderson (ENVIRONMENT CANADA [retired])
Presented at IAU Symposium 233 - Solar Activity and Its Magnetic Origin, Cairo, EGYPT (2006 Apr 04)

Following the recent total solar eclipse of 2006 Mar 29, a preliminary look at prospects for the next three total solar eclipses in 2008, 2009 and 2010 is presented. Maps of the path of totality cover the primary locations where each eclipse track crossses land (or islands). Mean cloudiness maps have been derived from nearly two decades of polar and geostationary satellite imagery courtesy of NOAA and the Satellite Active Archive. Climate statistics tables are derived from various in-situ weather stations in and arouund the path of each central eclipse.

Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 Aug 01

• Figure 1-01 - Orthographic (Global) Projection of the 2008 Total Solar Eclipse
• Figure 1-02 - Overview of the 2008 Eclipse Path
• Figure 1-03 - 2008 Eclipse Path Through Nunavut, Canada
• Figure 1-04 - 2008 Eclipse Path Through Greenland, the Arctic and Northern Russia
• Figure 1-05 - 2008 Eclipse Path Through Russia
• Figure 1-06 - 2008 Eclipse Path Through Mongolia and China
• Figure 1-07 - Mean Cloudiness in August Along the 2008 Eclipse Path (from satellite imaging)
• Figure 1-08 - Mean Cloudiness in August Along the Eclipse Path Through Asia (from satellite imaging)
• Figure 1-09 - Mean Cloudiness in August Along the Eclipse Path Through China and Mongolia (from satellite imaging)
• Figure 1-10 - Climate Statistics for July/August Along the 2008 Eclipse Path
• Figure 1-11 - Average August Cloudiness Along the 2008 Eclipse Path
• Figure 1-12 - Close-Up of 2008 Eclipse Path Through China and Mongolia (Google Earth)

Total Solar Eclipse of 2009 Jul 22

• Figure 2-01 - Orthographic (Global) Projection of the 2009 Total Solar Eclipse
• Figure 2-02 - 2009 Eclipse Path Through India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh
• Figure 2-03 - 2009 Eclipse Path Through China
• Figure 2-04 - 2009 Eclipse Path Through Southern Japan
• Figure 2-05 - 2009 Eclipse Path Through the Marshall and Gilbert Islands
• Figure 2-06 - Mean Cloudiness in July Along the 2009 Eclipse Path (from satellite imaging)
• Figure 2-07 - Climate Statistics for July Along the 2009 Eclipse Path
• Figure 2-08 - Average July Cloudiness Along the 2009 Eclipse Path

Total Solar Eclipse of 2010 Jul 11

• Figure 3-01 - Orthographic (Global) Projection of the 2010 Total Solar Eclipse
• Figure 3-02 - 2010 Eclipse Path Through Cook Islands
• Figure 3-03 - 2010 Eclipse Path Through French Polynesia
• Figure 3-04 - 2010 Eclipse Path Through Easter Island
• Figure 3-05 - 2010 Eclipse Path Through South America
• Figure 3-06 - Mean Cloudiness in July Along the 2010 Eclipse Path (from satellite imaging)
• Figure 3-07 - Climate Statistics for July Along the 2010 Eclipse Path

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References

Espenak, F., Fifty Year Canon of Solar Eclipses: 1986-2035, Sky Publishing Corp., Cambridge, MA, 1988.

Anderson, J., Eclipse Weather and Maps

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Additional Links

• Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 Aug 01
• Total Solar Eclipse of 2009 Jul 22
• Total Solar Eclipse of 2010 Jul 11


• Interactive Solar Eclipse Maps