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Eclipses

472 entries from October 24, 1995 to October 27, 2026. Entries that mention solar or lunar eclipses.

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October 27, 2026

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2026 (19)

Oct 27 Noctilucent Clouds over Sweden
Sep 15 A Daytime Eclipse: Moon Occults Venus
Sep 5 Chasing the Moon's Shadow
Sep 3 The Eclipse and the Stork
Sep 2 Solar Eclipses and Culture
Sep 1 A Plane Lunar Eclipse
Aug 29 Eclipse Pair
Aug 25 Earth's Shadow Visualized with Lunar Eclipses
Aug 17 A Golden Corona Eclipse
Aug 15 Bright Perseids from Sweden
Aug 14 Total Solar Eclipse from Greenland
Aug 13 Total Solar Eclipse Over Spain
Aug 9 Contemplating the Sun
May 24 A Martian Eclipse: Phobos Crosses the Sun Video
Mar 13 Toolondo Totality Trails
Mar 7 Two Eclipses of Saros 133
Mar 5 Total Lunar Eclipse over Tsé Bit'a'í
Mar 1 The Moon During a Total Lunar Eclipse Video
Feb 21 Twilight with Moon and Planets

2025 (15)

Nov 3 A Double Helix Lunar Eclipse
Sep 12 Lunar Eclipse in Two Hemispheres
Sep 11 The Umbra of Earth
Sep 6 Sardinia Sunset
Jun 12 Solar Eclipse
Apr 5 The Gargoyles' Eclipse
Apr 1 A Double Sunrise from a Partial Eclipse Video
Mar 30 A Partial Solar Eclipse over Iceland
Mar 25 A Blue Banded Blood Moon
Mar 24 A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Uruguay Video
Mar 20 The Solar Eclipse Analemma Project
Mar 19 Blue Ghost's Diamond Ring
Mar 16 Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
Mar 15 Tololo Totality
Jan 3 Eclipse Pair

2024 (26)

Oct 11 Ring of Fire over Easter Island
Oct 8 Annular Eclipse over Patagonia
Oct 3 Eclipse at Sunrise
Sep 28 Rocket Eclipse at Sunset
Sep 20 A Hazy Harvest Moon
Aug 27 Gallery:
May 6 A Total Solar Eclipse from Sliver to Ring Video
Apr 27 All Sky Moon Shadow
Apr 20 Diamonds in the Sky
Apr 17 Total Eclipse and Comets
Apr 14 How a Total Solar Eclipse Ended Video
Apr 13 Palm Tree Partial Eclipse
Apr 12 Total Totality
Apr 11 Eclipse in Seven
Apr 10 Planets Around a Total Eclipse
Apr 9 Moon's Shadow over Lake Magog
Apr 8 The Changing Ion Tail of Comet Pons-Brooks
Apr 7 A Total Solar Eclipse over Wyoming
Apr 5 The Solar Corona Unwrapped
Apr 2 Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona
Mar 31 Total Solar Eclipse Below the Bottom of the World
Mar 24 Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth
Mar 18 Comet Pons-Brooks' Swirling Coma
Mar 10 A Total Eclipse at the End of the World
Mar 3 A Total Solar Eclipse Close-Up in Real Time Video
Feb 26 Martian Moon Eclipses Martian Moon Video

2023 (17)

Nov 1 Annular Solar Eclipse over Utah
Oct 29 A Partial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 19 A Sunrise at Sunset Point
Oct 16 Eclipse Rings
Oct 15 An Eclipse Tree
Oct 14 Circular Sun Halo
Oct 9 A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse
Oct 8 Plane, Clouds, Moon, Spots, Sun
Oct 5 Ring of Fire over Monument Valley
Oct 1 A Desert Eclipse
Sep 24 A Ring of Fire Sunrise Solar Eclipse Video
Sep 17 Moon Mountains Magnified during Ring of Fire Eclipse
Sep 10 An Annular Solar Eclipse over New Mexico
May 16 Total Eclipse: The Big Corona
Apr 29 Solar Eclipse from a Ship
Apr 21 Solar Eclipse from Western Australia
Apr 18 Map of Total Solar Eclipse Path in 2024 April

2022 (18)

Nov 12 Eclipse in the City
Nov 11 Blood Moon, Ice Giant
Nov 10 Total Lunar Eclipse
Nov 7 A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Tajikistan Video
Nov 5 Lunar Eclipse at the South Pole
Nov 2 A Partial Eclipse of an Active Sun Video
Oct 27 Sunset, Moonset, Taj Mahal
May 30 Red Crepuscular Rays from an Eclipse
May 24 A Deep Sky Behind an Eclipsed Moon
May 19 A Digital Lunar Eclipse
May 18 A Jewel on the Flower Moon
May 15 Colors of the Moon
May 14 Ice Halos by Moonlight
May 9 A Martian Eclipse: Phobos Crosses the Sun Video
May 2 Partial Solar Eclipse over Argentina
Apr 27 Moon Shadow on Jupiter
Mar 6 Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
Jan 7 Ecstatic Solar Eclipse

2021 (23)

Dec 11 Postcard from the South Pole
Dec 10 Eclipse on a Polar Day
Dec 9 A Total Eclipse of the Sun
Dec 5 Total Solar Eclipse Below the Bottom of the World
Dec 1 A Blue-Banded Blood Moon
Nov 26 Great Refractor and Lunar Eclipse
Nov 25 At the Shadow's Edge
Nov 22 Lunar Eclipse over a Skyscraper
Nov 20 An Almost Total Lunar Eclipse
Nov 18 Full Moonlight
Aug 21 Triple Transit and Mutual Events
Jun 28 A Paper Moon Solar Eclipse
Jun 18 Devil Horns from a Ring of Fire
Jun 12 Eclipse on the Water
Jun 11 Eclipse Flyby
Jun 10 Circular Sun Halo
Jun 9 A Total Lunar Eclipse Corona
Jun 6 A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse
May 28 Total Lunar Eclipse from Sydney
May 27 Mid-Eclipse and Milky Way
May 25 The Moon During a Total Lunar Eclipse Video
May 24 Lightning Eclipse from the Planet of the Goats
Jan 7 Total Solar Eclipse 2020

2020 (13)

Dec 29 Earth During a Total Solar Eclipse Video
Dec 18 Diamond in the Sky
Jun 27 Eclipse under the ISS
Jun 26 Eclipse under the Bamboo
Jun 25 Eclipse Street, Hong Kong
Jun 22 Moon Mountains Magnified during Ring of Fire Eclipse
Jun 21 Moon Occults Venus
Jun 15 A Ring of Fire Sunrise Solar Eclipse Video
Feb 10 Solar Eclipse over the UAE
Feb 5 Lunar Eclipse Perspectives
Jan 24 Into the Shadow
Jan 18 An Almost Eclipse of the Moon
Jan 13 A Desert Eclipse

2019 (24)

Dec 28 A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse
Dec 27 A Partial Solar Eclipse Sequence Reflected
Dec 26 The Northern Winter Hexagon
Dec 25 An Annular Solar Eclipse over New Mexico
Oct 7 Io Eclipse Shadow on Jupiter from Juno
Aug 5 A Total Solar Eclipse Reflected
Jul 22 HDR: Earth's Circular Shadow on the Moon
Jul 18 Shadowed Moon and Mountain
Jul 9 Birds During a Total Solar Eclipse
Jul 6 8 Minute and 30 Second Eclipse
Jul 5 La Silla Eclipse Sequence
Jul 4 In the Shadow of the Moon
Jul 1 The Big Corona
Jun 26 Noctilucent Clouds, Reflections, and Silhouettes
Jun 24 Anticrepuscular Rays Converge Opposite the Sun
May 5 Saturn, Titan, Rings, and Haze
Apr 9 Moon Occults Saturn
Jan 30 Wide Field View of Great American Eclipse
Jan 26 The Umbra of Earth
Jan 25 Moon Struck
Jan 22 Lunar Eclipse over Cologne Cathedral
Jan 20 A Total Lunar Eclipse Video Video
Jan 19 Total Lunar Eclipse at Moonset
Jan 11 Partial Eclipse over Beijing

2018 (18)

Aug 27 Total Solar Eclipse Shadow from a Balloon
Aug 11 Moon, Mars, and Milky Way
Aug 7 Eclipsed Moon and Mars over Mountains
Aug 3 Central Lunar Eclipse
Aug 2 Eclipse over the Gulf of Poets
Jul 30 Lunar Eclipse over Rio
Jul 17 Moon and Venus over Cannon Beach
Jul 14 A Nibble on the Sun
Apr 30 Total Solar Eclipse Corona in HDR
Feb 20 A Partial Solar Eclipse over Buenos Aires
Feb 11 A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay
Feb 9 Total Solar Lunar Eclipse
Feb 8 Bow Tie Moon and Star Trails
Feb 4 Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
Feb 3 Earthshadow and the Beehive
Feb 2 Moonrise Eclipse
Feb 1 Moonset Eclipse
Jan 28 A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Tajikistan Video

2017 (29)

Dec 7 All the Eclipses of 2017
Oct 7 Eclipsosaurus Rex
Sep 27 Layers of a Total Solar Eclipse
Sep 22 Solar Eclipse Solargraph
Sep 20 The Big Corona
Sep 12 A Total Solar Eclipse Close-Up in Real Time Video
Sep 8 The Great Gig in the Sky
Sep 7 The Flash Spectrum of the Sun
Sep 6 The Climber and the Eclipse
Sep 1 A First Glimpse of the Great American Eclipse
Aug 31 Lunar View, Solar Eclipse
Aug 30 Panoramic Eclipse Composite with Star Trails
Aug 28 A Fleeting Double Eclipse of the Sun
Aug 25 Diamond Ring in a Cloudy Sky
Aug 23 The Crown of the Sun
Aug 22 A Total Solar Eclipse over Wyoming
Aug 20 Time-Lapse: A Total Solar Eclipse Video
Aug 19 Total Solar Eclipse of 1979
Aug 13 Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona
Aug 11 A Total Solar Eclipse of Saros 145
Aug 9 August's Lunar Eclipse
Jul 30 A Total Eclipse at the End of the World
Jul 24 A Hybrid Solar Eclipse over Kenya
Jul 16 Lightning Eclipse from the Planet of the Goats
Jun 19 Eclipse Across America: Path Prediction Video Video
Mar 2 Annular Eclipse After Sunrise
Mar 1 A Solar Eclipse with a Beaded Ring of Fire
Feb 18 Penumbral Eclipse Rising
Jan 31 Where to See the American Eclipse

2016 (14)

Oct 12 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 23 Harvest Moon Eclipse
Sep 7 Eclipse to Sunset
Sep 3 Reunion Island Eclipse
Aug 31 Annular Solar Eclipse over New Mexico
Aug 22 Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma
Aug 21 Map of Total Solar Eclipse Path in 2017 August
May 8 Mercury's Transit: An Unusual Spot on the Sun
May 1 Contemplating the Sun
Apr 12 Combined Solar Eclipse Corona from Earth and Space
Mar 15 Cheering a Total Solar Eclipse Video
Mar 12 The Flash Spectrum of the Sun
Mar 10 Dark Sun over Ternate
Mar 8 Solar Eclipse Shoes in the Classroom

2015 (19)

Oct 14 A Gegenschein Lunar Eclipse
Oct 9 The Moon Entering Earth's Shadow
Oct 7 La Palma Eclipse Sequence
Oct 3 A Blue Blood Moon
Sep 29 Supermoon Total Lunar Eclipse and Lightning Storm
Sep 28 Total Lunar Eclipse over Waterton Lake
Sep 27 Tonight: A Supermoon Lunar Eclipse Video
Sep 13 A Partial Solar Eclipse over Texas
Apr 20 Total Solar Eclipse over Svalbard
Apr 14 Through the Shadow of the Moon Video
Apr 9 A Golden Gate Eclipse
Apr 8 Full Moon in Earth's Shadow
Mar 31 Corona from Svalbard
Mar 28 Diamond Rings and Baily's Beads
Mar 22 A Double Eclipse of the Sun
Mar 21 Northern Equinox Eclipse
Mar 20 Sunshine, Earthshine
Mar 18 Earth During a Total Eclipse of the Sun
Mar 15 A Total Eclipse at the End of the World

2014 (18)

Oct 29 Iridescent Cloud Edge Over Colorado
Oct 27 Plane, Clouds, Moon, Spots, Sun
Oct 25 Sunspots and Solar Eclipse
Oct 24 AR 2192: Giant on the Sun
Oct 11 Eclipse at Moonrise
Oct 10 Moons at Opposition
Oct 9 Eclipse at Moonset
Oct 5 A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Tajikistan Video
Aug 24 Mercury's Transit: An Unusual Spot on the Sun
Jul 16 The Moon Eclipses Saturn
May 1 Brisbane Sunset Moonset
Apr 30 A Partially Eclipsed Setting Sun
Apr 28 Time Lapse of a Total Lunar Eclipse Video
Apr 26 Southern Annular Eclipse
Apr 18 Red Moon, Green Beam
Apr 17 Waterton Lake Eclipse
Apr 16 Spica, Mars, and Eclipsed Moon
Apr 7 A Solar Eclipse from the Moon

2013 (16)

Dec 22 Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma
Nov 15 The Flash Spectrum of the Sun
Nov 11 An Active Sun During a Total Eclipse
Nov 8 Solar Eclipse from Uganda
Nov 7 Eclipse at 44,000 Feet
Nov 4 Eclipse Over New York
Nov 3 A Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse
Nov 2 Jupiter's Triple Shadow Transit
Aug 20 Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
Jul 29 Saturn, Titan, Rings, and Haze
May 24 Caterpillar Moon
May 13 Partial Solar Eclipse with Airplane
May 11 Cape York Annular Eclipse
May 9 Ring of Fire over Monument Valley
May 4 Hungarian Spring Eclipse
Apr 25 Lunar Eclipses

2012 (17)

Dec 14 Umbra World
Dec 10 Time-Lapse: A Total Solar Eclipse Video
Nov 21 Diamond Ring and Shadow Bands
Nov 17 Like a Diamond in the Sky
Nov 16 Moon Shadow Sequence
Nov 15 Solar Eclipse over Queensland
Nov 13 A Solar Eclipse Quilt
Nov 11 Baily's Beads near Solar Eclipse Totality
Jun 6 Eclipsed Moon Over Wyoming
Jun 5 Live: Watching for Venus to Cross the Sun
Jun 4 Milky Way Galaxy Doomed: Collision with Andromeda Pending
May 30 Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth
May 28 Contemplating the Sun
May 22 A Partial Solar Eclipse over Texas
May 20 A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay
May 19 Annular Solar Eclipse
May 11 Sun vs. Super Moon

2011 (19)

Dec 24 Eclipsed Moon in the Morning
Dec 16 Red Moon Rising
Dec 15 The Umbra of Earth
Dec 14 A Lunar Eclipse Over an Indian Peace Pagoda
Dec 9 Eclipsed Moon in the Morning
Dec 2 Solar Eclipse over Antarctica
Sep 20 Kepler-16b: A Planet with Two Suns Video
Jul 20 Noctilucent Clouds Over Edmonton
Jul 11 A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Tajikistan Video
Jun 25 Eclipse over the Acropolis
Jun 21 Eclipsed Moonlight
Jun 18 Lightning Eclipse from the Planet of the Goats
Jun 17 Eclipsed Moon in the Milky Way
Jun 3 Midnight's Solar Eclipse
Jan 15 A Total Eclipse at the End of the World
Jan 7 Sunset, Moonset
Jan 6 Sunrise, Moonrise
Jan 5 Eclipsing the Sun
Jan 2 Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth

2010 (18)

Dec 29 Eclipse at Moonset
Dec 23 The Solstice Moon's Eclipse
Dec 20 A Lunar Eclipse on Solstice Day
Aug 4 Eclipse Shadow Cone Over Patagonia
Jul 30 Eclipse on the Beach
Jul 24 Diamond Ring and Shadow Bands
Jul 21 The Crown of the Sun
Jul 15 Andes Sunset Eclipse
Jul 14 Easter Island Eclipse
Jul 10 Ecliptic New Zealand
Jun 28 A Partial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 16 Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona
Jan 26 Annular Eclipse Over Myanmar
Jan 23 Eclipses in the Shade
Jan 22 Millennium Annular Solar Eclipse
Jan 18 Eclipse over the Temple of Poseidon
Jan 8 The Mystery of the Fading Star
Jan 2 Blue Moon Eclipse

2009 (12)

Dec 20 Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma
Aug 20 Eclipse City
Aug 8 Diamonds in a Cloudy Sky
Jul 30 6 Minutes 42 Seconds
Jul 26 The Big Corona
Jul 24 Eclipse over Chongqing, China
Jul 18 Planets, Great Wall, and Solar Eclipse
Jun 24 Noctilucent Clouds Over Germany
Jan 29 Eclipse Shirt 2009
Jan 28 A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay
Jan 25 Annular Eclipse: The Ring of Fire
Jan 6 Jupiter Eclipsing Ganymede

2008 (16)

Sep 20 A Darkened Sky
Aug 31 Eclipse over the Great Wall
Aug 21 August Moons
Aug 20 Earth's Shadow
Aug 18 Baily's Beads near Solar Eclipse Totality
Aug 8 The Crown of the Sun
Aug 7 At the Sun's Edge
Aug 5 A Total Solar Eclipse Over China
Aug 2 Eclipse Shirt
Aug 1 Moon Games
May 4 An Antarctic Total Solar Eclipse
Feb 29 Twelve Lunar Eclipses
Feb 28 ISS: Sunlight to Shadow Video
Feb 22 Eclipsed Moonlight
Feb 20 Moon Slide Slim
Jan 28 A Solar Eclipse Painting from the 1700s

2007 (17)

Oct 28 Noctilucent Clouds Over Sweden
Oct 2 Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma
Sep 7 South Pole Lunar Eclipse
Sep 1 Kalamalka Lake Eclipse
Aug 30 Dark Lunar Eclipse
Aug 26 A Total Lunar Eclipse Over North Carolina
Jun 20 A Daylight Eclipse of Venus
Jun 10 Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth
Mar 23 Touran Sunrise
Mar 22 Goa Silhouettes
Mar 17 Eiffel Moon
Mar 16 Eclipsing the Rings
Mar 10 Eclipse with Lighthouse
Mar 9 Eclipse and Ecliptic
Mar 8 Eclipsed Moon and Stars
Mar 3 Lunar Transit from STEREO Video
Mar 2 Solar Eclipse from the Moon

2006 (11)

Nov 14 Mercury's Transit: An Unusual Spot on the Sun
Oct 13 The Hubble SWEEPS Field
Sep 21 Sharp Silhouette
Sep 11 Eclipsed Moon Rising Over England
Sep 9 Shadow Play
Jul 18 Noctilucent Clouds Over Sweden
Apr 8 Vanishing Umbra
Apr 7 The Crown of the Sun
Apr 4 A Total Solar Eclipse over Turkey
Mar 31 Solar Eclipse and SOHO
Mar 30 When Diamonds Aren't Forever

2005 (8)

Oct 14 Eclipse Shirt
Oct 7 Eclipse Madrid
Oct 5 Annular Solar Eclipse at High Resolution
Jun 19 Noctilucent Clouds
May 6 Hybrid Solar Eclipse
Apr 23 Eclipsed Moon in Infrared
Apr 11 Clouds, Plane, Sun, Eclipse
Apr 7 Solar Eclipse in View

2004 (10)

Nov 11 Pastel Planet, Triple Eclipse
Nov 3 A Time-Lapse Lunar Eclipse
Oct 30 Pumpkin Moon
Oct 29 Red Moon Triple
Oct 27 Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight
Sep 26 Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth
Jun 15 A Rare Annular Venusian Solar Eclipse
May 25 Moon Between the Stones
May 8 Good Morning Sydney
May 6 A Lunar Eclipse Mosaic

2003 (19)

Dec 8 An Antarctic Total Solar Eclipse
Nov 27 The Long Shadow of the Moon
Nov 22 Moon AND Sun
Nov 21 Sunset Moonlight
Nov 11 Eclipsed Moonlight from Connelly's Springs
Nov 8 Eclipsed Moon in Infrared
Nov 7 November's Lunar Eclipse
Jun 18 Clouds and the Moon Move to Block the Sun
Jun 15 Noctilucent Clouds
Jun 6 Sun, Moon, Hot Air Balloon
Jun 5 Ring of Fire from Cape Wrath
Jun 4 Eclipse in the Mist
Jun 3 The Milky Way Behind an Eclipsed Moon
May 30 Ring of Fire Revisited
May 23 Eclipsed Moon and Stars
May 22 Eclipsed Moon Montage
May 21 Copper Moon, Golden Gate
May 15 Moon Slide Slim
Jan 6 Shadow Cone of a Total Solar Eclipse

2002 (9)

Dec 13 The Crown of the Sun
Dec 9 Moon Shadow Moves Over Africa
Dec 6 Zimbabwe Solar Eclipse
Dec 4 Moon, Mars, Venus, and Spica
Dec 3 Eclipse Over Acacia
Sep 11 Pluto & Charon Eclipse a Triple Star
Jun 12 A Partial Eclipse Over the Golden Gate Bridge
Jun 10 Annular Eclipse: The Ring of Fire
Jun 8 A Fleeting Eclipse

2001 (13)

2000 (7)

Dec 25 The Eclipse Tree
Dec 21 Solstice And Season's Eclipse
Oct 13 Eclipse Moon Trail
Jul 26 Lingering Lunar Eclipse
Jan 26 A Lunar Eclipse Over Time
Jan 25 A Lunar Eclipse in Three Exposures
Jan 13 A Skygazer's Full Moon

1999 (13)

Nov 15 In the Shade of a Historic Planet
Sep 15 The Big Corona
Sep 2 Eclipse Over The Mountain
Aug 30 Looking Back on an Eclipsed Earth
Aug 20 At The Sun's Edge
Aug 19 Light From The Dark Sun
Aug 18 Sun Block
Aug 17 A Crescent Sunrise
Aug 13 Eclipse In The Shade
Aug 10 A Total Eclipse for Europe
Jul 26 Noctilucent Clouds
Jul 16 Solar Surfin'
Jul 8 Eruptive Prominence

1998 (6)

1997 (3)

Sep 3 A Partial Eclipse in Southern Skies
Aug 27 A Fleeting Eclipse
Jan 10 Eclipsed Moon in Infrared

1996 (4)

Oct 7 Io's Shadow
Sep 26 Tonight: A Total Lunar Eclipse
Jun 26 Happy Birthday Charles Messier: M1
Apr 3 A Lucky Lunar Eclipse

1995 (1)

Oct 24 A Total Solar Eclipse

Source

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