Five millennia of solar eclipses

Where the Moon's shadow lands, and when it next reaches you

Drag to turn the globe; click anywhere to compute that spot's eclipses directly from the Besselian elements of every eclipse between 2000 and 2200. Shading shows how often the shadow has swept each point over five millennia — it is markedly uneven.

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Click the globe

Pick any point on Earth

Every eclipse visible from the point you choose, with contact times computed on the spot — not looked up from a table.