Solar Eclipses visible from Denmark in the years 1501 - 2600

This page describes all total and annular Solar Eclipses visible in Denmark (excl. Greenland and The Faroe Islands) in the years 1501-2600, and all partial eclipses visible 2007-2050.

The partial eclipses visible from Denmark:

• 2008 Aug 01: The next solar eclipse visible from Denmark! Magnitude ca. 40 %, total in parts of Greenland: [NEHP].
• 2011 Jan 04: This one reaches 80-85 % in magnitude in Denmark! Nowhere central. [NEHP].
• 2015 Mar 20: Total in The Faroe Islands! 80-85 % in magnitude in Denmark! [NEHP].
• 2017 Aug 21: Sunset eclipse only visible from western parts of Jutland. Total across the US.[NEHP].
• 2021 Jun 10:  Magnitude 30-40 %. Annular in Greenland. [NEHP].
• 2022 Oct 25:  Magnitude 40-50 %. Nowhere central. [NEHP].
• 2025 Mar 29: Magnitude 30-40 %. Nowhere central. [NEHP].
• 2026 Aug 12: Sunset eclipse, approx. 85 %. Total in Iceland and Greenland. [NEHP].
• 2027 Aug 02: Magnitude nearly 40 %. Total in Southern Spain, Northern Africa and the Arabian peninsula. Extremely long duration: 6 min. 23 sec. In "family" with the famous Mexican eclipse of 1991 (both belong to the Saros serie no. 136).  [NEHP].
• 2029 Jun 12: Eclipse at sunrise ca. 20 %. Nowhere central. [NEHP].
• 2030 Jun 01: Magnitude ca. 60 %. Annular in Northern Africa and across Asia.  [NEHP].
• 2034 Mar 20: Only visible in the south eastern parts of Denmark. Total across Africa and South Western Asia.  [NEHP].
• 2036 Aug 21 (This and the following needs more editing...)
• 2037 Jan 16
• 2038 Jan 05
• 2038 Jul 02
• 2039 Jun 21
• 2048 Jun 11
• 2050 Nov 14

[NEHP] refers to the World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Paths at the NASA Eclipse Home Page by Fred Espenak.

Please refer to notes below the table for further information.

Updated 2007 Jan 07, Jens Sveistrup

Notes

Sources

The total and annular eclipses described here were found by manually "scanning" the maps given in the book Canon of Solar Eclipses -2003 to +2526 by Herman Mucke & Jean Meeus (Astronomiches Büro, Vienna, 1983) finding all possible candidates. Using the program OCCULT distributed by IOTA, the final maps were generated.

And, of course, the above mentioned NASA Eclipse Home Page by Fred Espenak. The catalog of partial eclipses is prepared, too, on the basis of the Fifty Year Canon of Solar Eclipses: 1986-2035 by Fred Espenak.

The two articles from the Danish magazine Verdensrummet (1991 no. 4, p. 12; and 1992 no. 4, p. 14) from Tycho Brahe Planetarium should be mentioned too, especially as an inspiration for this work.

The latest Total Solar Eclipse visible from Denmark

The next Total Solar Eclipse visible from Denmark

Delta-T

The location of the eclipse path depends (among other things) on the parameter called Delta-T, which is the time between the Dynamical Time (TD) and the Universal Time (UT):

Delta-T = TD - UT .

TD is a uniform time scale based on atomic clocks, while UT is based on the rotation of Earth which is slowing down. Because this occurs in an unpredictable manner, the value of Delta-T is not well known for the years before the telescopic age (1620) or in the future. This makes the prediction of eclipse tracks uncertain, especially in the extreme past and extreme future (thousands of years). However, models of Delta-T gives approximate values. The values of Delta-T (in seconds for each year between -1500 and +3020) used here (avaiable as DELTAT.DAT, 61 KB) correspond to the models used in Canon of Lunar Eclipses 1500 B.C.-A.D. 3000 by Bao-Lin Liu & Alan D. Fiala (Willmann-Bell, Richmond, VA, 1992).

For other values of Delta-T the correction of the eclipse path can be calculated as follows:

Shift = 0.00417807 * (Delta-T1 - Delta-T2) ,

where Delta-T1 is the tabulated value and Delta-T2 is the other value af Delta-T. The shift is measured in degrees and is added to the paths longitudes. The latitude is not affected.

Maps

Each eclipse is described with two maps (as GIF's, sizes 10-20 KB): An Earth view showing the full area of the eclipse path, and a close-up showing the eclipse path across Denmark and (parts of) surrounding countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, etc.). The maps are centered at latitude 58 deg. North and longitude 11,5 deg. East and the width are 35 deg. The maps were processed using the software IrfanView.

Partial eclipses and near-misses

Not partial eclipses, and no "near-misses" are included (yet). Near-misses means solar eclipses (total/annular) with a central path close to Denmark, e.g. the solar eclipse of 1954 june 30, which was total in the Skagerak.

Size of Denmark

The size of Denmark has varied in the past due to political reasons, but no eclipses has occurred in the affected areas (southern parts of Sweden and northern parts of Germany).

Dates

Dates before the year 1582 are given in the Julian calendar, and dates after in the Gregorian - even though the calendar reform in Denmark first took place in the year 1700. This only afflicts the dates of the eclipses in the seventeenth century.

Final comments

This work presents, to the best of my knowledge, all total and annular eclipses visible from Denmark in the considered period. However, I might have missed some or simply be wrong. If so, please let me know!

Further development might include partial eclipses with large magnitudes, near-misses, an extension of the period (most likely), or local circumstances.