Africlipse Home Page

WELCOME TO THE AFRICLIPSE WEBSITE!

"Now eclipses are elusive and provoking things... visiting the same locality only once in centuries. Consequently, it will not do to sit down quietly at home and wait for one to come, but a person must be up and doing and on the chase."

Rebecca R. Joslin (1929)\

Click here to join our 2009 China Eclipse Tour, run by Wild Frontiers.
The same team that gave you the awesome Libyan Deserts in 2006.

The Africlipse Website is dedicated to providing as much information as possible on solar eclipses where the path of totality or annularity is visible from the African Continent.  Eclipses covered on this site are the total and annular solar eclipses that traverse Africa up to and including 2030.  Each eclipse is covered on a separate page.

Additional detail on these eclipses is continually being added, and it is best to check the site frequently for updates and additions.  Updates and additions are usually first announced on the Solar Eclipse Mailing List (SEML). For more information on the SEML, see the Links Page.  There are also pages covering African Eclipses, Past & Future.
  
This site has been designed by, and is managed and edited on a part-time and voluntary basis by Peter Tiedt of Kwa-Zulu Natal Province, South Africa.  Updates will be regular but sporadic. If you need further information, feel free to send an e-mail query, but as this is a voluntary task (and sometimes a busy one), please donīt expect a reply in 5 minutes ;-). I will however try to reply within 24 - 48 hours.  If you would like a link to your site or your tourist establishment, please e-mail Peter for further details. Limited consultation services on eclipse tourism are also available. Need exact predictions for your locality?  E-mail Peter with your geographic / GPS Co-ordinates for detailed predictions.
 

SITE CONTENTS

2009 China Totality Tour
Why and How Eclipses Occur
  Eclipse Types
  Shadow Types
  The Saros Cycle
Future Solar Eclipses

  2009 Annular
  2010
  2013
  2027 Annular
  2027 Total
  2030

 

Click here for full details of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2009 January 26.

Last updated 2009 January 08.  Please email me if you link to this site.