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If you live in the Eastern Time Zone, During Summer- Subtract 4 hours, During Winter Subtract 5 hours. Central Time Zone, Summer Subtract 5 hours, Winter Subtract 6 Hours Mountain Time Zone, Summer Subtract 6 Hours, Winter Subtract 7 Hours Pacific Time Zone, Summer Subtract 7 Hours, Winter Subtract 8 Hours Alaska Time Zone, Summer Subtract 8 Hours, Winter Subtract 9 Hours Aleutian Islands, Summer Subtract 9 Hours, Winter Subtract 10 Hours Hawaii, Subtract 10 Hours Arizona, Subtract 7 Hours
January 31, 2018- Total Lunar Eclipse
This lunar eclipse will be at moon set. It will be better viewed from the West Coast. Click the title above to see an animation for it.
January 5-6, 2019- Partial Solar Eclipse
The only place in the US where this is visible is southwestern Alaska. It will be a sunset eclipse. The times are in UTC for January 6, but in Alaska it will still be January 5.
2019 Alaska Solar Eclipse
January 20-21, 2019- Total Lunar Eclipse
This Lunar Eclipse is going to be fully visible for all of the lower 48 states, and mostly visible from Alaska and Hawaii!
Penumbral Eclipse Begins- 02:36 UTC (January 21 UTC)
Partial Eclipse Begins- 03:33 UTC
Total Eclipse Begins- 04:41 UTC
Greatest Eclipse- 05:13 UTC
Total Eclipse Ends- 05:43 UTC
Partial Eclipse Ends- 06:50 UTC
Penumbral Eclipse Ends- 07:48 UTC
November 11, 2019- Transit of Mercury
The small disk of Mercury will pass in front of the sun on November 11. The entire country except for parts of Alaska will be able to see at least part of this event. Here is a map of the visibility from the lower 48 states. The transit begins at around 12:36 UTC, mid transit is at 15:19 UTC, and the transit ends at around 18:03 UTC. You will need magnification to see the transit. (Either a telescope projection or a telescope or binoculars with solar filters)
Transit of Mercury 2019 US Visibility
This is an animation of what the transit will look like from the United States. If you live in the western two-thirds of the country, the sun will rise at some point during the Transit. The path that Mercury appears to take across the sun may be slightly different depending on where you are in the country. You may want to make the video full screen to get a better view. Here is an image that I captured from the 2016 transit of Mercury using 50x magnitude telescope projection while the transit was ending-
Transit of Mercury 2016
November 30, 2020- Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
This eclipse will be fully visible from All 50 states. The moon will be slightly dimmer at maximum eclipse. The eclipse begins at 07:32 UT, greatest eclipse is at 09:42 UT, and the eclipse ends at 11:53 UT.
May 26, 2021- Total Lunar Eclipse
This eclipse will be better viewed from the western states as a short total lunar eclipse lasting only 14 minutes.
Penumbral Eclipse Begins- 8:47 UT
Partial Eclipse Begins- 9:45 UT
Total Eclipse Begins- 11:11 UT
Greatest Eclipse- 11:19 UT
Total Eclipse Ends- 11:25 UT
Partial Eclipse Ends- 12:52 UT
Penumbral Eclipse Ends- 13:49 UT
June 10, 2021- Annular Solar Eclipse
An annular solar eclipse will begin in Ontario, move north through Quebec Province and Nunavut, go though parts of Greenland, pass over the North Pole and end in Northern Russia. A partial solar eclipse will be visible from parts of 27 states in the early morning.
June 10, 2021 Annular Solar Eclipse from the US and Southern Canada
Annular Eclipse Visible
Fort Hope- Annular 09:55 UT 88.0% 3 minutes 35 seconds
Moose Factory- Annular 9:51 UT 88.1% 41 Seconds
Peawanuck- Annular 9:59 UT 88.2% 3minutes 3seconds
