Monday, March 12, 2012

When is the next total and/or partial solar eclipse in Seattle?

I am a great fan of solar eclipses, and I live in Seattle. I have never seen one from my home city, so when is the next one?When is the next total and/or partial solar eclipse in Seattle?
The next total eclipse for the pacific northwest is on 17 Aug 2017. Just south of Portland -

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEpl鈥?/a>



There is a partial on 12 May 2012. Best seen along the Oregon - California border region -

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEpl鈥?/a>



You can check for other decades, here -

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/solar.html
If you go to this website: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/JSEX/JSEX-N鈥?/a> you can select Seattle from a drop-down menu of cities and view a century's worth of eclipse predictions at a time.

The next partial eclipse visible from Seattle will be on 20th May 2012 and the next total eclipse will be on 17th May 2645.

Rather than wait until then, my advice would be to travel to other parts of the U.S.A. to see the total eclipses of 2017 or 2024. The 2017 eclipse isn't too far away (Oregon).When is the next total and/or partial solar eclipse in Seattle?
May 20, 2012 will be a partial eclipse visible from Seattle.

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